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New Delhi is a metropolitan city and national capital of India. It is on
the west bank of the Yamuna River in the union territory of Delhi in
northern India. It is a planned city built as India's capital in the early
20th century. It is served by excellent road and railway systems and an
international airport.
New Delhi is laid out in a series of triangles, formed by broad, tree-lined
avenues radiating from numerous circles and squares. It looks like a garden
because of large parks throughout the city. The principal thoroughfare is
the Rajpath, which is part of a great central mall that extends three
kilometers from the main government buildings to the India Gate.
New Delhi’s architecture is primarily a mixture of Indian and European
styles. Its most prominent buildings are the President's House (Rashtrapati
Bhavan), the Central
Secretariat and Parliament House. It has many historic structures including
a 16th-century Red Fort, an astronomical observatory Jantar Mantar built in
1725.
New Delhi is the first city in the world where all public transport runs on
CNG (Compressed Natural Gas). Its Delhi Transport Corporation operates the
world's largest fleet of environmentally-friendly CNG-run buses. Delhi metro,
operated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited, has average ridership
of 702,000 commuters per day.
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New Delhi has 175 monuments which are recognized as national heritage
sites. It has three World Heritage Sites: Red Fort, Qutab Minar
(world's tallest free standing minaret) and Humayun's Tomb. It has
other monuments: Jama Masjid (largest mosque in Asia), India Gate (a
memorial to Indian soldiers who died in World War I), Jantar Mantar
(an 18th century astronomical observatory) and the Purana Quila (a
16th century fortress). Its modern architecture include Laxminarayan
Temple, Akshardham and Lotus Temple. It celebrates national events
such as Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti (Gandhi's
birthday) with great enthusiasm.
New Delhi has 165 colleges. It has five medical colleges, eight
engineering colleges, and six universities: Delhi University,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Guru Gobind Singh
Indraprastha University, Indira Gandhi National Open University and
Hamdard University, and ten deemed universities: Indian Agricultural
Research Institute, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit
Vidyapeetha, National Museum,Institute of History of Arts,
Conservation and Museology, TERI School of Advanced Study, Rashtriya
Sanskrit Sansthan, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Indian Law
Institute, National School of Drama, National University of Education
Planning and Administration, and School of Planning and Architecture.
It has two national institutes of importance: All India Institute of
Medical Sciences and Indian Institute of Technology.
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