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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
*[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.
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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.
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:[https://thewire.in/165130/friendship-faltered-raisina-hill/ "Lutyens and Baker: A Friendship That Faltered on Raisina Hill"] by Shashank Shekhar Sinha  06/08/2017 thewire.in.
 
*[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
 
*[http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-india-cemetery-idUSBREA1D00720140214 Graves of empire tell of India's troubled past] by  Angus Macswan New Delhi Fri Feb 14, 2014  reuters.com. The Nicholson Christian Cemetery near the Kashmere Gate
 
*[http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/14/us-india-cemetery-idUSBREA1D00720140214 Graves of empire tell of India's troubled past] by  Angus Macswan New Delhi Fri Feb 14, 2014  reuters.com. The Nicholson Christian Cemetery near the Kashmere Gate
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*''‪The New Guide to Delhi'' by Captain A Harcourt, Assistant Commissioner, Delhi. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VNxGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 1866], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gJpeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 2nd edition 1870], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JA4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 3rd edition revised and enlarged 1873] Google Books
 
*''‪The New Guide to Delhi'' by Captain A Harcourt, Assistant Commissioner, Delhi. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VNxGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PR1 1866], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gJpeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 2nd edition 1870], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JA4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 3rd edition revised and enlarged 1873] Google Books
 
*[https://archive.org/details/ahandbookforvis02keengoog ''Handbook for Visitors to Delhi and Its Neighbourhood''] by H G Keene 4th edition 1882 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/ahandbookforvis02keengoog ''Handbook for Visitors to Delhi and Its Neighbourhood''] by H G Keene 4th edition 1882 Archive.org
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/62821 ''Gazetteer Of The Delhi District 1883''] A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
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*[http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/62821 ''Gazetteer Of The Delhi District 1883''] A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62821 Archive.org mirror version].
:[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/531221 ''Punjab District Gazetteers Vol.V A. Delhi District'' 1912]. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
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:[http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/531221 ''Punjab District Gazetteers Vol.V A. Delhi District'' 1912]. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.531221 Archive.org mirror version].
 
*[https://archive.org/details/delhipastandpre00fansgoog ''Delhi Past and Present''] by H C Fanshawe, Bengal Civil Service, retired. 1902 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/delhipastandpre00fansgoog ''Delhi Past and Present''] by H C Fanshawe, Bengal Civil Service, retired. 1902 Archive.org
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=27 "Delhi District"] page 5 ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library
 
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=27 "Delhi District"] page 5 ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library
*''Delhi: Its Story and Buildings'' by H Sharp [Sir Henry Sharp], 1921 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/529361 Pdf download].
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*''Delhi: Its Story and Buildings'' by H Sharp [Sir Henry Sharp], 1921 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. [http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529361 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529361 Archive.org mirror version]
 
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/46/3/214.full.pdf  "A Few Stations In India"] by Mrs. H. V. Bagshawe. ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps ''1926;46:3 214-223.  The author was the wife of a medical officer in the RAMC who was based at [[Jullunder]], [[Dalhousie]] and  New Cantonments Delhi.
 
*[http://jramc.bmj.com/content/46/3/214.full.pdf  "A Few Stations In India"] by Mrs. H. V. Bagshawe. ''Journal of the  Royal Army Medical Corps ''1926;46:3 214-223.  The author was the wife of a medical officer in the RAMC who was based at [[Jullunder]], [[Dalhousie]] and  New Cantonments Delhi.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/CInCsResidencesIndia ''Reminiscences of the Residencies of the Commanders-In-Chief in India in Simla, Old and New Delhi''] by Field- Marshal Sir W R Birdwood 1930 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/CInCsResidencesIndia ''Reminiscences of the Residencies of the Commanders-In-Chief in India in Simla, Old and New Delhi''] by Field- Marshal Sir W R Birdwood 1930 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/NewDelhiByRobertByron '"New Delhi'"] by Robert Byron. ''The Architectural Review'' January 1931. Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/NewDelhiByRobertByron '"New Delhi'"] by Robert Byron. ''The Architectural Review'' January 1931. Archive.org
*''Delhi A Historical Sketch'' by Percival Spear 1945 reprint (originally published 1937)  is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/63294 Pdf download], catalogued 1937.
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*''Delhi A Historical Sketch'' by Percival Spear 1945 reprint (originally published 1937)  is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. [http://www.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/63294 Pdf download], catalogued 1937. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.63294 Archive.org mirror version].
  
 
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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
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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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Cemeteries

Also see "Historical books online", below

External Links

"Lutyens and Baker: A Friendship That Faltered on Raisina Hill" by Shashank Shekhar Sinha 06/08/2017 thewire.in.

Historical books online

Punjab District Gazetteers Vol.V A. Delhi District 1912. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org mirror version.