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hi or Old Delhi, city in northern India, capital of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is located on the Yamuna River (a tributary of the Ganges River), likewise called the Jumna River, and is bordered on the south by New Delhi, the citizen capital. Delhi is surrounded by a high stone wall, erected in 1638, and is reached via 7 arched gateways, including the Delhi Gate in the south, the Ajmer Gate in the eastern, and the Kashmīr Gate in the north. Within the walls is a labyrinth of congested taper streets, lanes, engaged bazaars, and some of the nation's most spectacular Indo-Muslim architectural features. Along the Chandni Chowk (Silver Street), once considered the most lavish street in the globe, is a major commercial space of the city.
Delhi namely a important transportation, commercial, and industrial centre. Manufactures comprise electronic and electrical equipment, linens, jewelry, chemicals,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], accuracy instruments, and motor-vehicle chapters. The University of Delhi (1922) is in the city.
II POINTS OF INTEREST
A major milestone in Delhi is the imposing Jama Masjid (Great Mosque); its tapering minarets and bulbous ceilings prevail the city's skyline. Nearby is the spectacular Red Fort (completed 1648), a complex of structures enclosed by a tall, ruddy sandstone wall thin a hurry served as the imperial palace of India's Mughal dictators. The two maximum famous buildings of the Red Fort are the Diwan-i-am (Hall of Public Audience), where the grand Mughal chaired from a imperial alcove with jewel-encrusted marble walls, and the smaller Diwan-i-khas (Hall of Private Audience). The decorated white-marble walls of the latter, considered a masterpiece of Mughal building, are inscribed with a couplet in Persian, which has been translated in English as “If there is a paradise on globe, it is this―it is this.” Other traits in the Red Fort are the Rang Mahal (Painted Palace) and the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque). Notable historical landmarks equitable outdoor Delhi include the Qutb (Kutb) Minar, a tall, decorated tower (13th century); the royal tomb (16th century) of Humayun; and Raj Ghat, where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated.
III HISTORY
The label Delhi, first logged in the 1st century bc, was applied apt a succession of cities built above this site ahead the present city was founded in 1638 at the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan. The 1st was established in the 12th centenary ad by the Cahaman potentate Prithviraja. It was captured by Muslims in 1193 and became capital of a Muslim dynasty in India below Qutubuddin Aybak, founder of the Qutb Minar spire. Muslim control finished with the arrest and destruction of Delhi in the late 14th centenary by the Turkic conqueror Tamerlane. Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty in India, reinstated Delhi to capital status in 1526, and his son Humayun built a fashionable city here. In 1540 it was seized and demolished by the Afghan invader Sher Shah, and it was replaced by distinct fashionable city. Akbar, the son of Humayun, recaptured Delhi yet shook his capital to Āgra and allowed Delhi to fall into ruins. It was rebuilt in its present manner and reinstated for the Mughal capital by Akbar's grandson Shah Jahan in the 1600s. Delhi remained the Mughal capital until 1739, while it was overcame and looted of its treasures, including the noted Peacock Throne, by the Persian ruler Nadir Shah. About 1771, the Marathas acquired control and remained in power until British forces collared the city in 1803. Delhi was the transient capital of British India from 1912 to 1931, when New Delhi was officially inaugurated as the capital. Delhi has grown rapidly, in both manufacture and population, since India acquired independence from Great Britain in 1947. Today Delhi ranks as the third largest city in India, after Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). Population (2001) 12,791,458.
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