delhi became the capital of india in 1931.
delhi became the capital of india in 1931.
when was delhi became the capital of india?
1931
after the fall of the mughal empire post 1857 revolt, the british raj shifted the capital of british controlled territories in india to a less volatile city, calcutta in bengal, where it remained until 1911. after the announcement of the change, the british developed lutyens' delhi (in modern new delhi) just south-west of shahjahanabad. at this point, the older city started being called "old" delhi, as new delhi became the seat of national government. it was formally inaugurated as such in 1931.









































section::::walls and gates.
old delhi
delhi became the capital of british india after the seat of power was shifted from calcutta in 1911. with this shift, the new city of new delhi was established and the sixth city of shahajahanabad to its north became the old delhi. based on the designs of edwin lutyens, new delhi was built over 20 years. one of the important landmarks built during this period was the india gate. built in 1921, it is officially known as all india war memorial (an arch) to the indian soldiers killed in the world war i, the northwest frontier operations of the same time and the 1919 afghan fiasco. the gate has an impressive stone arch of height; the names of over 90,000 soldiers are engraved on it. the base of the gate is built in red bharatpur stone and displays a shallow domed bowl. the past tradition was to fill this bowl with oil and light it as a lamp on anniversaries but is no more practiced, instead an eternal flame burns below the arch. the eternal flame was added in the 1970s in the arch of the gate to honour the immortal soldier. it is flanked by two uniformed soldiers. the place takes a carnival atmosphere in the evenings when it is well lighted and visitors flock to the gate. seen behind the india gate is an impressive chhatri, which displayed the statue of king george v till 1968. this statue has been shifted to the coronation park, delhi, which was the site of the declaration of the new capital of delhi. the chhatri is now devoid of any statue since there is a protracted discussion on which national leader's statue should be installed there. there is an impressive set of a large central steel gates flanked by asymmetrically designed smaller gates that provides entry into the rashtrapati bhavan (president's palace). a commemorative column called the jaipur column with a "distinctly peculiar crown: a glass star springing out of bronze lotus blossom", is located midway between the entry gates and the rashtrapati bhavan.
gates of delhi