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*[http://revenueharyana.gov.in/html/mainchild/gazatteers.htm Gazetteers of Haryana], previously part of Bengal. Haryana Government website.  Includes Delhi District 1883-84, 1912. The latter link is available as a searchable pdf.
 
*[http://revenueharyana.gov.in/html/mainchild/gazatteers.htm Gazetteers of Haryana], previously part of Bengal. Haryana Government website.  Includes Delhi District 1883-84, 1912. The latter link is available as a searchable pdf.
 
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16048786 Photographs: Felice Beato's 19th Century Delhi] bbc.co.uk. Slideshow of 7 images
 
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16048786 Photographs: Felice Beato's 19th Century Delhi] bbc.co.uk. Slideshow of 7 images
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*[http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/11/21/how-two-friends-built-a-city-and-fell-out How Two Friends Built a City and Fell Out] by  Margherita Stancati November 21, 2011, blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime  Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker were commissioned to build New Delhi.
 
*[http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features/100-yearsdelhi-roads-names_632101.html Delhi road names [now and then<nowiki>]</nowiki>] moneycontrol.com
 
*[http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/features/100-yearsdelhi-roads-names_632101.html Delhi road names [now and then<nowiki>]</nowiki>] moneycontrol.com
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Delhi
Delhi, Saint James Church.jpg
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 28.656233°N 77.241066°E″ E
Altitude: 239 m (784 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Delhi
State/Province: National Capital Region
Country: India
Transport links
East Indian Railway
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
North Western Railway
Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
Southern Punjab Railway
FibiWiki Maps
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places of interest during the British period
Delhi



Delhi, the ancient capital of the Moghul Empire, succeeded Calcutta as the capital of British India in 1911. It was the pre-eminent commercial and railway centre of the Punjab, more important than Lahore. It was the headquarters of Delhi District in the Delhi Division of Punjab Province during the British period.


Military history

Battle of Delhi 1803
Relief of Delhi 1804
Delhi Massacre May 1857
Siege of Delhi 1857 – Subzee Mundee 9 June 1857
Siege of Delhi 1857 - Metcalfe House 12 June 1857
Siege of Delhi 1857 - Idgah Battery 17 June 1857
Siege of Delhi 1857 - Ochterlony Garden 19 June 1857
Recapture of Delhi Sept 1857

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Delhi
Variants: Dilli

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