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Delhi, [a] officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions.
India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The ...
Hyderabad (Telugu: Haidarābād , pronounced [ˈɦaɪ̯dəɾaːbaːd] ⓘ; Urdu: [ˈɦɛːdəɾaːbaːd]) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies 650 km 2 (250 sq mi) on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India.
New Delhi (/ ˈ nj uː ˈ d ɛ. l i / ⓘ; [6] Hindi: [ˈnəiː ˈdɪlːiː], ISO: Naī Dillī) is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Sansad Bhavan, and the Supreme Court.
Its current name originated from the Korean word meaning "capital city", which is believed to be derived from Seorabeol (서라벌; 徐羅伐), which originally referred to Gyeongju, the capital of Silla. Unlike most place names in Korea, "Seoul" has no corresponding hanja (Chinese characters used in the Korean language).
The modern name of the city "Peshawar" is possibly derived from the [reconstructed] Sanskrit word "Purushapura" (Sanskrit: पुरूषपुर Puruṣapura, meaning "City of Men" or "City of Purusha"). [19] [20] [21] It was named so by Mughal Emperor Akbar from its old name Parashawar, the meaning of which Akbar did not understand.
The name India comes from the Ancient Greek word Ἰνδική (Indikē) or Ἰνδία (Indía), which was changed into Latin as India. In the past, the name meant the land of the Indus river. This river is now mostly in Pakistan and is the national river of the country. The name India originally comes from the Sanskrit word Sindhu.
Islamabad (/ ɪ z ˈ l ɑː m ə b æ d / ⓘ; [6] Urdu: اسلامآباد, romanized: Islāmābād, [ɪs.lɑːm.ɑː.bɑːd̪] ⓘ; transl. 'City of Islam') is the capital city of Pakistan. [7] It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of 1,108,872 people [ 5 ] [ 8 ] and is federally administered by the Pakistani ...