delhi became the capital of british india in 1966.
delhi became the capital of british india in 1966.
when did delhi became the capital of british india?
1966
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
after india's independence from the british, new delhi became the capital of the newly formed republic of india.









































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it is popularly said that delhi was the site for a total of seven different cities between 3000 bce and the 17th century bce, although taking smaller towns and strongholds into account, as many as 15 settlements can be identified. all the earlier locations of delhi fall within an area commonly called the 'delhi triangle,' bounded on the south and the west by the aravalli range, known as the delhi ridge, and to the east by the yamuna river.
history of delhi