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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 both sides of 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.
Old Delhi. / 28.66083°N 77.23000°E / 28.66083; 77.23000. Old Delhi ( Hindustani: Purani Dilli) is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city and officially named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra. [ 1]
US$272.603 billion. Time zone. UTC+05:30 ( IST) Website. ncrpb .nic .in. The National Capital Region ( NCR; ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra) is a planning region centered upon the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi in India. It encompasses Delhi and several districts surrounding it from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh ...
The district has a population density of 27,132 inhabitants per square kilometre (70,270/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.68%. East Delhi has a sex ratio of 884 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 88.75%. The Scheduled Castes make up of 16.5% (281,482) of total district population.
Geography of India. / 21°N 78°E / 21; 78. India is situated north of the equator between 8°4' north (the mainland) to 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' east to 97°25' east longitude. [ 2] It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). [ 3][ 4][ 5] India measures ...
The Rashtrapati Bhavan ( pronunciation ⓘ, ISO: Rāṣṭrapati Bhavana; lit.'. Presidential Palace '; formerly Viceroy's House (1931–1947) and Government House (1947–1950)) is the official residence of the President of India at the western end of Rajpath, Raisina Hill in New Delhi. It was formerly known as Viceroy's House and constructed ...
Chanakyapuri ( Sanskrit: चाणक्यपुरी, romanized : Cāṅakyapurī) is a neighbourhood and diplomatic enclave established in the 1950s in New Delhi, India. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It is also a sub-division of the New Delhi district and plays host to the majority of foreign embassies in New Delhi. Chanakyapuri, meaning "city of Chanakya ...
Tihar Prisons, also called Tihar Jail and Tihar Ashram, is a prison complex in India and one of the largest complex of prisons in India. It has 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres. [ 2][ 3] Run by Department of Delhi Prisons, the prison contains nine central prisons, and is one of the three prison complexes in Delhi.