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Travel IndiaDelhi- OverviewDelhi - Overview Delhi is a metropolis in India. The name Delhi also refers to the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), which is a special union territory jointly administered by the Central government, NCT’s elected government and three municipal corporations : Delhi, Delhi Cantonment and New Delhi. New Delhi, an urban area within the metropolis of Delhi, is the seat of the Government of India. Delhi’s metropolitan area, known as the National Capital Region (NCR) encompasses the entire NCT as well as the neighbouring satellite towns of Faridabad and Gurgaon in Haryana, and Noida and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh making it the 5th most populous megalopolis in the world, with 19.5 million people. Delhi has the most vibrant history among prominent cities or towns of India. It was the “capital of seven empires” in Indian history and has over 60,000 recognized monuments built over several millennia, as per the Archaeological Survey of India. It is believed to be the site of Indraprastha, founded by the Pandavas of the Mahabharata around 5000 BC. The name Delhi may originate from the Persian word Dahleez (English: threshold, or frontier) or from the name of a Mauryan king, Raja Dhillu. Another possible etymology is the the city’s original name, Dhillika. The people of Delhi are known as Delhi-ites. The latter is a historical and cultural term describing people of the old city and the associated diaspora. The Persianized surname Dahelvi is also related to residents of Delhi. Overview of Agra Agra finds mention in the epic Mahabharata when it was called Agrabana are Paradise. Ptolemy, the famous second... Delhi Map ... Overview of Goa Goa is India’s smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population after Sikkim, Mizoram... Overview of Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of... Jaipur Jaipur - Overview Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of... No Comments »No comments yet. RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment |
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