New Delhi is the capital of India and is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. This historical city was inaugurated on 15^th December 1911. Delhi spreads over 1483 square kilometers. The population of Delhi is 16.75 million. It is situated along the banks of River Yamuna. The Indian Parliament and Rashtrapati Bhavan and many important government offices and a number of foreign embassies and high commissions are situated here.

History Of Delhi

Delhi has witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties like Tomara dynasty, Slave Dynasty, Khilji Dynasty, Tughluq Dynasty, Sayyid Dynasty and Lodhi Dynasty. New Delhi was planned by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. The project was started on 15^th December 1911 and was inaugurated on 13^th February 1931. King George V and Queen Mary laid the foundation stone for building the city. The capital of India was moved from Calcutta to New Delhi. After the independence of India, in 1956 it was made into Union Territory in 1956. Delhi was extended to Chanakyapuri in 1950s.

Climate And Geography

Delhi enjoys a humid subtropical climate. The summers are hot and long while winters are short and cold. Summer is extremely hot from March to May. The lowest temperature is 30.9 degree Fahrenheit and the highest temperature is 116.1 degree Fahrenheit. The average temperature is 77 degree Fahrenheit. When the monsoon rains start at the end of June the temperature decreases. Though there is rainfall throughout the year most of the monsoon rains come in July and August. The average annual rainfall is 714 mm.

The maximum length of Delhi is 51.9 km and the maximum width of 48.48 km. Delhi may be classified into North Delhi, South Delhi, East Delhi and West Delhi. The suburbs of North Delhi are Civil Lines, Model Town, Daryaganj, Kashmere Gate, Delhi Gate, Pitampura and Kingsway Camp. The areas that comprise South Delhi are R. K. Puram, Hauz Khas, Defence Colony, Kalka Ji, Lajpat Nagar, Greater Kailash, Chanakyapuri and Vasant Vihar. Preet Vihar, Vivek Vihar, Shahdara, Mayur Vihar, Patparganj and Lakshmi Nagar are located in East Delhi and Patel Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Janakpuri, Punjabi Bagh, Rohini and Pitampura are located in West Delhi.

Culture And Educational Details About Delhi And New Delhi

If you want to know all about Delhi and New Delhi then you must know the cultural details and educational details. The people of Delhi mainly speak Hindi. However various linguistic groups speaking languages like Urdu, Bengali, Bihari, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Sindhi, Maithili, Garhwali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya and Gujarati live here. English is also principally spoken in Delhi. The population of New Delhi is 449,998 as of 2011 census with a density of 5,854.7 people per square kilometer. Hinduism is the main religion practiced here with a percentage of 86.8. 6.3% of people are Muslims, 2.4% of people are Sikhs, 1.1% Jains and 0.9% Christians. Parsis, Buddhists and Jews also live here in negligible volumes.

The national events like Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti are conducted in a grand manner here. The important festivals celebrated here are Diwali, Eid Ul Fitr, Eid Ul Alha, Maha Sivaratri, Teej, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Baisakhi, Durga Puja, Holi, Lohri, Christmas and Mahavir Jayanti. Musicians and dancers all over India at Qutub Minar and celebrate Qutub Festival. The Spring Festival called Vasant Panchami, International Mango Festival, Thyagaraja Festival and Kite Flying Festival are other major events conducted every year in Delhi.

Delhi has a literacy rate of 81.2%. There are more than 3000 primary schools, 700 middle schools, 550 secondary schools and 1300 senior secondary schools in Delhi that are administered by the Directorate of Education. The education system practiced here are 10+2+3/4. More than 16% of the total populations of Delhi are graduates. The important universities located in Delhi are Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, National Law University, Indira Gandhi National Open University and Jamia Hamdard University. Other than these, there are nine deemed universities. There are five medical colleges and eight engineering colleges located here. Some of the important colleges are All India Institute of Medical Sciences, School of Planning and Architecture, Maula Azad Medical College, Indian Statistical Institute, Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi Technological University, National Law University, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia hospital & PGIMER, Nataji Subhas Institute of Technology, Indian Law Institute, Delhi School of Economics, etc.

The major newspapers published are The Hindustan Times, The Pioneer, Asian Age, Business Standard, Indian Express, The Hindu, Times of India, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar, Pavitra Bharat, Punjab Kesari, Hindustan Dainik, Navbharat Times, etc. The Feroz Shah Kotla Cricket stadium is located in Delhi where international matches are played. Apart from this Ambedkar Football Stadium, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium are located here.

Economy of New Delhi

Many major industries like information technology, hotel and tourism industry, banking and financial sectors, media and telecommunications are located in Delhi. According to the World Wealth Report of 2011, it ranks 39^th in its economic activity. The per capita income of the people is Rs. 1,35,814. The primary sectors contribute 1.4% of the gross SDP while the secondary sectors and tertiary sectors contribute 20.2% and 78.4% respectively.

The IT companies are centered on the NCR region of Delhi. There are a number of IT parks and multinational companies here and is the largest software export center in India. The international and national trade fairs are conducted in Pragati Maidan which spreads over seven acres.

The important exhibitions, conferences and promotional events are conducted in the India Expo Center. CGO is one of the commercial centers of Delhi which houses MTNL, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Disinvestment and National Afforestation and Eco-development Board.

Cannaught Place is the busiest place in Delhi with its shopping malls, cinema theatres, galleries, etc. The Cottage Industry Emporium where you can find Indian jewelry, silk, furniture, pottery, sandalwood and toys and clothes is located here. Gurgaon is the industrial belt where you can see many IT companies and other multinational companies such as Pepsi, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, American Express, Nestle, Coca-cola, Maruti Udyog, Hero Honda, etc. The hardware and software market with companies like CISCO, Intel, Microsoft, EDS, Xerox, Singer, Shell Petroleum, Daewoo and Mitsui are located in Nehru Place.

The DLF Emporio in Vasant Kunj is one of the most luxuriant shopping mall. Other bazaar areas of Delhi are Cannaught Place, Paharganj Market, Kamla Nagar, Rajouri Garden Market, Central Market, Lajpat Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, Khan Market, Janpath, Karol Bagh, Palika Bazaar, Chandni Chowk, etc. If you are interested in handicrafts then you must visit places like Cottage Emporium, Dilli Haat in South Delhi, Handicrafts and Natural Products Emporium and Sarojini Nagar. IT hardware market is located in Nehru Place, Wazirpur Commercial Complex and District Centre at Janak Puri. Other shopping areas are Qutub Shopping Arcade, Ansal Plaza, Hauz Khas Village, Santushi Shopping Arcade, Chor Bazaar and Weekly book market.

About Delhi Transport

Indira Gandhi International Airport is situated in Delhi and is one of the busiest airports in Asia with traffic of more than 23 million passengers. It has six terminals but only Terminal ID and Terminal 3 are operational.

There are five railway stations in Delhi namely New Delhi Railway Station, Old Delhi Railway Station, Nizamuddin Railway Station, Anand Vihar Railway Terminal and Sarai Rohilla Railway Station. The internal transport of Delhi is provided by Delhi Metro, buses, taxis and auto rickshaws.

The buses are cheapest and easiest means of transport and was administrated by Delhi Transport Corporation. There were 2700 bus stops in Delhi. There are also private blue line buses. Delhi Metro provides cheap and enjoyable commuting and has six lines. The Red Line runs between Dilshad Garden and Rithala, the Yellow Line runs between Jahangirpuri and HUDA City Center at Gurgaon, the Blue Line runs between Dwarka Sector 9 and Vaishali, the Green Line runs between Inderlok and Mundka, the Violet Line runs between the Central Secretariat and Badarpur Border and the Airport Express runs between New Delhi Railway Station and Airport and Dwarka.

The taxis are available for sightseeings. Some of the taxi services are EasyCabs, Mega Cabs, Meru Cabs, Delhi Taxis, Commerical Taxis and Tricabs. The yellow and green colored auto rickshaws are used for short distances within the city. There are also prepaid autos.

All About New Delhi and Delhi Tourism

If you are going to visit Delhi it is better to avoid extreme summer and extreme winter seasons. Delhi is a historical place that has many places of interest. Anyone visiting Delhi would like to see as many places as they can. If you are looking for affordable and cheap hotels then the right place for you would be Chandni Chowk and Paharganj. Many of these hotels offer you free railway station or airport pickup.

Some of the middle class hotels in Paharganj are Karol Bagh Budget Hotels, Ajay Guest House, Chanchal Deluxe, Delhi Hotel, Ginger Delhi, Hare Rama Guest House, Metropolis, Namaskar, Navrang, Sai Palace, Vivek, City Inn Dx, etc.

If you are looking for high class star hotels then you should book one of these hotels, Le Meridien, The Maurya Sheraton, Oberoi Delhi, Park Royal Intercontinental, Radisson, Hotel Samrat, Shangri La, Sheraton New Delhi, Taj Mahal, Taj Palace, etc.

Those who want to hire classy yet affordable hotels may book India Luxury Homes, Inn at Delhi, Justa the Residence, Lemontree Hotels, Magical Bed and Breakfast, Mehar Castle, Narula Inn, New Haven Hotel, Prem Sagar Guest House, Shantigriha Bed and Breakfast, Hotel SPB 87, Hotel Sunstar Residency.

There are so many places of visit in Delhi and the important one among them is Red Fort which is called as Lal Qila. This was built in 1648 by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. It houses a number of buildings inside it like Chatta Chowk, Diwan I Am, Diwan I Khas, Hayat Baksh Bagh, Rang Mahal, Khas Mahal, Mumtaz Mahal, Daawat Khana and Swatantra Sangrama Sangrahalaya.

Humayun’s Tomb is situated in South Delhi and Barber’s tomb is situated near this. Autub Minar, Quwwat ul Islam Mosque, Iron Pillar, Ala i Minar, Ala i Darwaza, Tomb of Imam Zamin are situated within the Qutub Complex in Mehrauli. These edifices bear testimony to the architecture of Slave Dynasty that ruled between 1206 and 1290.

The important museums that are worth visiting are The National Museum on Janpath, The National Gallery of Modern Art, The Rail Transport Museum, National Rail Museum, The Nehru Memorial Museum, The Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum, The Gandhi Memorial Museum, Dolls Museum, The Crafts Museum at Pragati Maidan, National Museum of Natural History, The Tibet House Museum on Lodi Road, National Science Museum, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art and India Habitat Centre.

Other monuments in Delhi are Rajpath, India Gate, Jantar Mantar, Raj Ghat, Purana Qila, Tughlaqabad Fort and Azaad Hind Gram. You can get the view of Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Indian parliament from Rajpath. India Gate is the memorial for the Indian soldiers who lost their lives in the First World War. Raj Ghat is the cremation ground of Mahatma Gandhi.

There are also some religious buildings that people visit. These include Bahai Lotus Temple, Chattarpur Mandhir, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, Gurudwara Sis Ganj, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Cathdral Church of Redemption, St. Peter’s Cathedral, ISKCON, Jama Masjid, Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, Sai Baba Temple, etc. The Bahai Temple has the shape of the lotus with 27 petals and is made of marbles and is considered to be the Taj Mahal of 20^th century. Jama Masjid is the largest mosque in India and if you climb up the top you can get few great glimpses of the city.

The major parks, gardens and recreations centers are The Mughal Garden in Rashtrapati Bhavan, Shalimar Garden, Shish Mahal, Rose Garden, Lodi Gardens, Mohammad Shah’s Tomb and Sikander Lodi’s Tomb, National Zoological Park, Buddha Jayanti Park, Musical Fountain, Nehru Park, Garden of Five senses and Millennium Park.

Whether you are looking for a job in Delhi or to have a business visit or want to take a tour of the place all these details about Delhi and New Delhi will help you a lot.

Article Posted By : Sumazla  On November 21, 2011lView All Articles

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