Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
During the 1970s, Delhi had only four administrative districts ie North, South, Central and New Delhi. [12] Between January 1997 and September 2012, there were nine administrative districts and 27 sub-divisions. [1] In September 2012, two new administrative districts, viz. South-East Delhi and Shahdara were added to the city's map. [2]
The large expanse of the city comprises residential districts that range from poor to affluent, and small and large commercial districts, across its municipal extent. This is a list of major neighbourhoods in the city and only pertains to the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is not complete, and outlines the various neighbourhoods based ...
South Delhi is a vast area in the city of Delhi and contains many significant locations. Of the eleven 'historical cities' of Delhi, three, viz. Qila Rai Pithora (1st), Mehrauli (2nd) and Siri (including Hauz Khas) (3rd) fall in the South Delhi district.
Central Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. It is bounded by the Yamuna River on the east and by the districts of North Delhi to the north, West Delhi and South West Delhi to the west, New Delhi to the south, and East Delhi to the east across the Yamuna.
Delhi Division is the only administrative and revenue division in Delhi, India which consists of 11 districts. [1] [2] Civil Lines in Central Delhi district is the headquarters of the Delhi division. [3] Delhi Division is headed by an IAS officer of the rank of Divisional Commissioner (Principal Secretary of Revenue).
Districts of Delhi. West Delhi is bound by the districts of North West Delhi to the north, North Delhi and Central Delhi to the east, South West Delhi to the south, and Jhajjar District of Haryana state to the west. Major residential and commercial areas of Delhi like Janakpuri, Uttam Nagar and Tilak Nagar are located in West Delhi.
Delhi has been an important political centre of India as the capital of several empires. [1] The recorded history of Delhi begins with the 8th century Tomar Rajput dynasty. [2] [3] It is considered to be a city built, destroyed and rebuilt several times, as outsiders who successfully invaded the Indian subcontinent would ransack the existing capital city in Delhi, and those who came to conquer ...
The National Capital Region (NCR) and its planning board were created under the National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985. [1] That 1985 Act defined the NCR as being the whole of Delhi; the Haryana districts of Gurgaon (then including the Nuh district), Faridabad and Sonipat, Rohtak (then including Jhajjar tehsil) and the Rewari tehsil then in Mahendragarh district; and the Uttar ...