Delhi Guide : Delhi General Info.

Delhi is Cosmopolitan city and Capital of India. It is the third largest city. Delhi is main starting point for North India. It is divided into two parts Old Delhi & New Delhi. The hub of the metropolis is Central New Delhi, an orderly plan of wide roads lined with sturdy colonial buildings which was established soon after the imperial capital of British India moved here in 1911. It is a planned city with wide streets, parks. Parliament House, India Gate President house, Old Fort, Humayun's Tomp, Qutab Minar & ZOO are in New Delhi. Old Delhi was capital between 17th & 19th centuries. In it you will find many mosques, forts & monuments relating to India's muslim history .Red Fort and Jami Masjid, India's largest mosque combined with the old city's bazaars. Jaipur is five hours drive from Delhi. Agra is 3 hrs drive from Delhi. Delhi celebrates Durga Puja is celebrated with same enthusiasm as Id is celebrated. The Guru Purab and Christmas carry the same colour as Diwali or Buddha Purnima. The amalgamation of various cultures, traditions, religions has painted Delhi in colour which are brought from all over India.

The capital of India has been a center of power almost continuously since the 13th century.Being an ancient city Delhi has the shadows of its past. Its history goes a long way off to the time of the Mahabharata as Indraprastha, the capital of the Pandavas. Among the other dynasties that laid claim to Delhi were the Tornor Rajputs and the Chauhan Rajputs. Between 12th to 17th centuries  period, some of the most outstanding monuments were built which stand as past glory of the Afghan and Mughal architecture. During the British rule for about 200 years, when the country came under a unified control, Calcutta became the capital but only to move back to Delhi in 1911.The other five of Delhi's ex-capitals, further south, are today all but deserted, standing as impressive reminders of long-vanished dynasties.  Among them you will find the towering free-standing column erected by Qutub-ud-din Aibak, the Qutub Minar and Purana Quila, Humayun's Tomb, and the major monument of the great Moghul period is Lal Qila, the "Red Fort".
in Old Delhi

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