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Filled with a huge number of aspirants and students, Mukherjee Nagar has been the epicenter of many student agendas and protests, especially against UPSC (2013) [3] and against SSC (2017) [4] both of which spread quickly nationwide, and led to involvement of Government of India either in form of Judicial activism in the former, or involving inspection by CBI [5] in the latter.
Neighbouring localities include Dhaka Village, Mukherjee Nagar, and Hakikat Nagar. The foundation of the new capital of British India, New Delhi, was laid at the Coronation Park by King George V in December, 1911, rendering this area historically significant. [1] Refugees from West Punjab and Dera Ismail Khan at the Kingsway Camp in 1947
Dhaka is an urban village in the North West district of Delhi, India, and is located near Kingsway Camp. It hosts 1500 houses and two chaupals and Park namely Prithvi Raj Chauhan Park. Much of the agricultural land in the village was acquired by the Delhi Development Authority post the partition of India to house migrants from Pakistan. These ...
One of Delhi's earliest modern hotels, Maidens Hotel, was built in 1903 in the Civil Lines, an area known for its European-style hotels where British officers stayed. Other notable hotels in the area included Swiss Hotel and Hotel Cecil, operated by the Robert Hotz family, which also owned Wildflower Hall and the Cecil Hotel in Shimla .
The builders entered into a 10-year franchise agreement with Hyatt International, [4] and the new hotel was the chain's first hotel in India. [5] The hotel's construction was spurred by the Asian Games [6] in 1982. [7] The Hyatt Regency Delhi opened in 1983. [8]
Districts of Delhi. Delhi is a vast city and a union territory, and is home to a population of more than 16 million people. It is a microcosm of India and its residents belong to varied ethnic, religious and linguistic groups.
The site for New Delhi was moved to Raisina Hill, south of Shahjahanabad, due to land acquisition costs and the desire to create new symbolism for the city, distancing it from the old city. [ 4 ] By the 1940s, Model Town's aristocratic landowners partnered with DLF to develop their estate into a neighborhood, becoming one of the best-planned ...
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]