Delhi

Delhi
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

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.

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

External Links

• Delhi Love to Know 1911
• "Delhi" Wikipedia
• This India List thread was in response to a question about cemeteries
• 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.
• Photographs: Felice Beato's 19th Century Delhi bbc.co.uk. Slideshow of 7 images