100 Years Of Delhi
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New Delhi's controversial birth
Few cities of recent vintage have a history as complicated and contested as New Delhi, which turned 100 on Monday. Now the seat of the world's largest democracy, New Delhi began in 1911 as a grand imperial showpiece meant to stand for eternal British rule over the Indian subcontinent. But during its two decades of construction New Delhi became the ...
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Delhi turns 100, celebrations begin
Delhi, the political and cultural capital of several empires including the Mughals, today added yet another chapter to its glorious history as it marked 100 years of its re-emergence as modern India's capital.
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Delhi roads' evolution over the last 100 years
Do you know that Rajpath that overlooks the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhavan was once called Kingsway? It is not Rajpath alone that has over the years been renamed in Lutyens Delhi - once the capital of the British empire - but several other English names in Rajdhani Dilli have made way for Indian ones.
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New Delhi's controversial birth
Few cities of recent vintage have a history as complicated and contested as New Delhi, which turned 100 on Monday. Now the seat of the world's largest democracy, New Delhi began in 1911 as a grand imperial showpiece meant to stand for eternal British rule over the Indian subcontinent. But during its two decades of construction New Delhi became the ...
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Delhi turns 100, celebrations begin
Delhi, the political and cultural capital of several empires including the Mughals, today added yet another chapter to its glorious history as it marked 100 years of its re-emergence as modern India's capital.
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Delhi roads' evolution over the last 100 years
Do you know that Rajpath that overlooks the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhavan was once called Kingsway? It is not Rajpath alone that has over the years been renamed in Lutyens Delhi - once the capital of the British empire - but several other English names in Rajdhani Dilli have made way for Indian ones.
