New Delhi, India Information And Events

New Delhi India Information And Events
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Location: India
Official Website: http://www.ndmc.gov.in/
Coordinates: 28.6139° N, 77.2089° E

New Delhi Fun Facts

The foundation stone of New Delhi was laid by King George V and Queen Mary at the site of Delhi Durbar of 1911 at Kingsway Camp on 15 December 1911, during their imperial visit.

Large parts of New Delhi were planned by Edwin Lutyens (Sir Edwin from 1918), who first visited Delhi in 1912, and Herbert Baker (Sir Herbert from 1926), both leading 20th-century British architects.

Sample list of famous people who were born in New Delhi:

  • Surekha Sikri ( Actor )
  • Michael Bennet ( Politician and Lawyer )
  • Johar Ali Khan ( Teacher, Writer and Violinist )
  • Madhubala ( Actor )
  • Farida Jalal ( Actor )
  • Ajay Devgan ( Actor and Film Producer )
  • Prithvi ( Actor )
  • Varun Gandhi ( Politician )
  • Deepak Chopra ( Physician, Writer, Public speaker, Actor, Film Producer and Screenwriter )
  • R. Sarathkumar ( Actor, Journalist and Politician )
  • Priya Sachdev ( Model, Actor and Singer )
  • Bif Naked ( Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Cartoonist, Singer-songwriter, Poet and Motivational speaker )
  • Emily Haines ( Singer-songwriter, Keyboard Player and Actor )
  • Kavita Kaushik ( Actor, Model and Presenter )
  • Chandrachur Singh ( Actor )
  • Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo ( Politician )
  • Rahul Roy ( Actor )
  • Maneka Gandhi ( Writer, Politician, Environmentalist and Model )
  • Anil Aggrawal ( Writer and Physician )
  • Ajay Mehta ( Actor )
  • Om Malik ( Journalist and Writer )
  • Abha Dawesar ( Writer and Novelist )
  • Mayawati ( Politician )
  • Paddy Ashdown ( Politician, Soldier and Diplomat )
  • Soha Ali Khan ( Actor and Model )
  • Saif Ali Khan ( Actor, Film Producer and Musician )
  • Kiran Desai ( Writer, Novelist and Author )
  • Shahrukh Khan ( Actor, Film Producer, Presenter and Voice Actor )
  • Vishal Talwar ( Software Engineer )
  • Rudrabhayananda
  • Sandeep Marwah
  • Puneet Sachdev
  • Andrew Rosenthal ( Journalist and Editor )
  • Rajeev kumar
  • Shantanu Joshi ( Programmer )
  • Jatin Thukral
  • K. C. Agrawal
  • Krishna Levy ( Film Score Composer and Teacher )
  • Pankaj Bhatia
  • Vandana Singh
  • Andrea Wulf
  • Pablo Bartholomew ( Photojournalist and Photographer )
  • Tikka Raja Shri Shatrujit Singh of Kapurthala
  • Gul Mohammed
  • Nina Bracewell-Smith
  • Vivek Kundra
  • Param Vir ( Composer )
  • Yuki Bhambri ( Tennis player )
  • Anjan Chatterjee
  • Rajeev Motwani ( Computer Scientist, Professor, Mathematician and Angel investor )

New Delhi is structured around two central promenades called the Rajpath and the Janpath.

Population of New Delhi was 21,753,486 in the year 2011.

Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi is the location where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life and was assassinated on 30 January 1948.

New Delhi's geo-coordinates are 28.6139° N, 77.2089° E.

The new delhi is the national monument of India commemorating the 90,000 soldiers of the Indian Army who lost their lives while fighting for the British Raj in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.

Sample list of tourist attractions in New Delhi:

  • Chandni Chowk
  • Qutb Minar
  • Lotus Temple
  • India Gate
  • The Red Fort
  • Cathedral Church of the Redemption
  • Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi
  • Select Citywalk
  • Humayun's Tomb
  • Akshardham
  • DLF Promenade

The new delhi was designed by British architects, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker.

Sample list of famous events happened in New Delhi:

  • Murder of Jean-Luc Solomon
  • Charles Sobhraj's Tourist Killing Spree
  • Indian Parliament attack
  • Commonwealth Games
  • Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
  • Delhi bombing
  • Stree Shakti Puraskar

The new delhi is planned to completed by year 2017.

Sample list of newspapers published in New Delhi:

  • The Times of India
  • Mathrubhumi
  • Anandabazar Patrika
  • Hindustan Times
  • Dinamani
  • Deshbandhu
  • Navbharat Times
  • Amar Ujala
  • Rajasthan Patrika

New Delhi is about 42.70 square kilometers with a population of 21,753,486 in the year 2011.

New Delhi's official website is http://www.ndmc.gov.in/

The national capital of India, New Delhi is jointly administered by both the federal Government of India and the local Government of Delhi, is also the capital of the NCT of Delhi.

New Delhi is located in India.

New Delhi was interested in bidding for the 2019 Asian Games but was turned down by the government on 2 August 2010 amid allegations of corruption in 2010 Commonwealth Games .

List of airports near New Delhi:

  • Safdarjung Airport
  • Indira Gandhi International Airport

The climate of New Delhi is a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) with high variation between summer and winter in terms of both temperature and rainfall.

New Delhi is in the India Time Zone.

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