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39 unusual facts about Delhi


Amit Bando

He completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Economics and Statistics at the University of Minnesota, Delhi School of Economics and St. Stephen's College, Delhi.

B. M. Shah

Shah was also a well regarded Sanskrit teacher at St. Columba's School, Delhi for several years, before he became Director, National School of Drama (New Delhi).

Baha-ud-din Zakariya

His descendants are found in Multan, Karor laal esun, Gujrat, Watli Distt.Chakwal, Pir Khara Distt.Jhelum, Bhera, Karuli, Attock (Pourmiana), Lahore, pail, Delhi, Meerut, Allahabad.

Bandhmati

A significant number of Bandhmati are agricultural labourers, while other often migrating to Mumbai and Delhi to work as daily wage labourers.

Bega Begum

Her important architectural legacy is the mausoleum of her husband, Humayun's Tomb at Delhi, which she commissioned in the late 16th century.

Ber Sarai

The nearest road is an undivided and wide link between the Outer Ring Road and other areas of outer Delhi, such as Vasant Kunj.

Daryaganj

Netaji Subhash Road that begin from Delhi Gate and goes towards the historic Red Fort, Jama Masjid and Chandni Chowk, passes through middle of the area, which are short walk away.

David UU

In 1980 he settled in North Vancouver where he lived until finally moving to a farmhouse near Delhi, Ontario in 1992 where he died in May, 1994.

Delhi Ridge

In 1993, parts of north Delhi, central Delhi, south West Delhi and south Delhi covering 7,777 hectares was declared a reserve forest.

Scientists from Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems, University of Delhi have so far got over 10 ecosystems reintroduced with over 40 biotic communities.

Delhi Times

Delhi Times is a supplement magazine circulated with the Times of India in New Delhi, Delhi.

Delhi, Colorado

Delhi was the location of one scene in the 1973 film "Badlands" with Martin Sheen.

Delhi, Louisiana

Charles and Sam Wyly, businessmen who endowed Wyly Tower of Learning at Louisiana Tech.

Delhi, New York

The State University of New York at Delhi is located in this town, which contains the village of Delhi.

Delhi: A Novel

Some parts of the novel were also published in the Evergreen Review and The Illustrated Weekly of India.

Dyal Singh College

Dyal Singh College, Delhi, a college of University of Delhi, established in 1959, and is situated in Delhi.

G. B. Pant Engineering College, New Delhi

GBPEC covers an area of around 2 acres in Okhla Industrial Estate - III, New Delhi, India on the sidelines of Aravali Hills, adjoining the Govind Ballabh Pant Polytechnic Institute and Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology near Kalkaji Temple on Maa Anandamayi Marg, Kalkaji, New Delhi.

ILUG-Delhi

In the months of June, July and August 2006, a bio-informatics workshop was run in collaboration with JNU Bio Informatics Centre, to develop FOSS solutions in Bio-Informatics field and to nurture talent in FOSS tools and languages.

In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones

The film was part autobiographical with Roy recounting her own experiences of studying in the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, a leading architecture institute in India.

Jagan Nath Kaul

After completing his master's degree in economics Kaul began his professional career with the city of Delhi, rising to the positions of chief of probation services and assistant director of social welfare.

Kartar Singh Duggal

Duggal had been a member of many literary and cultural centres including being the President of Punjabi Sahitya Sabha (Punjabi Literary Society), Delhi.

Louise Ellery

This was Australia’s first gold medal in the track and field events at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games which took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.

Manoj Srivastava

Manoj Srivastava aka Robbin was born and brought up in old Delhi, south of the famous Jama Masjid as the eldest of three brothers.

Nehru Park

Nehru Park, Delhi (established 1969), at Chanakyapuri, in New Delhi

Nellie Sengupta

In 1931 she suffered four months' imprisonment at Delhi for addressing an unlawful assembly.

Nickiesha Wilson

In the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010, she won bronze medal in 400m hurdles on October 10.

Percival Spear

An accomplished historian of modern Indian social history, he taught at both Cambridge University and St. Stephen's College with great distinction.

Punjabi Saudagaran-e-Delhi

Other than Delhi, important Qaume-e-Punjabian communities exist in Aligarh, Agra, Roorkee, Aonla, Hapur, Moradabad, Rampur, Kanpur and Kolkata.

Raj Mathur

Raj Mathur was a founding member of the Indian Linux Users Group, Delhi(ILUG-Delhi).

Rajmohan Gandhi

He attended St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, India.

Rama Krishna Puram

It is roughly rectangular, enclosed by Ring Road to the north, Outer Ring Road to the south facing Vasant Vihar, Rao Tula Ram Marg to the west and Africa Avenue to the east.

Robin Raina

The foundation is presently carrying out the largest private charity home building initiative in the Indian sub-continent, in terms of building 6000 homes, free of cost, for the slum dwellers of Delhi.

Sanadhya Brahmin

Sanadya Brahmin or Sanadh Brahmin, or Sanah Brahmin or Sanidya Brahmin are a community of Brahmins, living prominently in Delhi,Western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh area of India.

Sarojini Nagar

Named after the famous woman freedom fighter Sarojini Naidu, this colony is encircled by Safdarjung Enclave, South Extension, Laxmibai Nagar, Nauroji Nagar, Chanakyapuri and Netaji Nagar.

Sasural Genda Phool

On the other hand, Ishaan Kashyap(Jay Soni) is a young software engineer, who lives with his extended family in Delhi-6.

Shereen Bhan

Bhan graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi with a degree in Philosophy and a master's in Communication Studies from the University of Pune, with film and television as her area of specialization.

Utpal Banerjee

He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, India and obtained his Master of Science degree in Physical Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

Vinod Thomas

After completing his Bachelor's degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, Vinod went on to acquire a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and authored numerous books, articles, and reports.

Yagyadutt Sharma

Born in a Brahmin family of Zamindars, in Faridnagar, Uttar Pradesh,He was a post graduate topper in Hindi literature from Allahabad University (1941),He had a love of writing,he shifted to Delhi in 1942 with his patriotic thoughts and non political writings.


Allan Watkins

During that tour, Watkins battled his way to a nine hour long, unbeaten 137, in Delhi, his best Test score.

Alyssa Mendonsa

Alyssa Mendonsa (born c. 1990 in Delhi) is an Indian playback singer who has made her debut in the film Karthik Calling Karthik with the song "Uff Teri Adaa".

Angharad Mason

Mason represented Wales in the women's road race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Asha Pande

She passed higher secondary in 1971 from Pune and moved to Delhi with her eldest brother, the late Dr. M.P. Pande, who had a doctorate degree in Russian and was an assistant professor of the language at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

Ashish Nehra

Nehra started playing first-class cricket for his hometown, Delhi, in the 1997/1998 season and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1999 and his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2001.

Baghdad Central Station

The station was built by the British to designs by J M Wilson , a Scot who had been an assistant to Lutyens in New Delhi and who subsequently set up a practice of his own in Baghdad .

Bega Begum

Before starting, she made arrangements for building at her own cost her husband's mausoleum at Delhi.

Bhaskaracharya Tripathi

He has received many awards, including the Nirjhariṇī Award by the Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy for his work Mṛtkūṭam kāvyaśatam, the Paṃ jagannātha Award by the Delhi Sanskrit Academy, the Cārūdeva śāstrī award for his work Saṃskṛta jīvanam, Madhya Pradesh Sanskrit Academy's Bhoj Award for Bāla rāmāyaṇam and the Vachaspati Award by the K. K. Birla Foundation for Sāketa saurabham.

Birla Balika Vidyapeeth

The school band has been a part of the RDC Parade at New Delhi, since India became a republic in 1950.

Cartoons Against Corruption

Many writers, artists, and activists gathered at Rajghat, New Delhi to protest against the undemocratic ban on the Cartoons Against Corruption.

Chittaprosad Bhattacharya

He is represented in the National Museum, Prague, The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Osians Art Archive, Mumbai, and the Jane and Kito de Boer Collection, Dubai.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

DMRC Training Institute in Shastri Park, Delhi is used for training staff and executives of metro rail operators in India.

Delhi Sultanate

Qutb-ud-din Aibak, a former slave (Mamluk-Cuman-Kipchak) of Muhammad Ghori, was the first sultan of Delhi and his dynasty managed to conquer large areas of northern India.

Gadarpur

Gadarpur is well connected with big cities like Haridwar, Dehradun, Rudrapur, Delhi, Moradabad etc.It is located on national highway NH-74.

George Russell Clerk

He thus worked as an Assistant to the President in Rajputana and Delhi, before being posted as Political Agent at Ambala and subsequently at Ludhiana in 1839 and Lahore in 1840.

Himalayas

Aitken, Bill, Footloose in the Himalaya, Delhi, Permanent Black, 2003.

History of Ranchi district

Later Jahangir, the son of Akbar sent his forces under the leadership of the Governor of Bihar, Ibrahim Khan and captivated the forty-fifth Kokrah chief, Durjan Sal to Delhi and later to Gwalior for a period of twelve years.

Imagine Cup

2006: Agra & Delhi, India - Theme: Imagine a world where technology enables us to live healthier lives.

Institute of International Education

Current REACs are located in the following cities around the world: Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Budapest, Kyiv, Bratislava, Amman, Accra, Johannesburg, Lahore, Delhi, Beijing, Tokyo, and Kuala Lumpur.

Jaideep Saikia

The anthology was released in New Delhi by the celebrated columnist B G Verghese in February 2008.

Jama Masjid, Delhi

The Jama Masjid's floorplan is very similar to the Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, but the Jama Masjid in Delhi is the bigger and more imposing of the two.

K. Bhaskaran

He also learnt from other vidwans formally, including S. Rajam and professor T. R. Subramanian of Delhi University.

Kadambari Murali

She studied at Carmel Convent in Delhi’s Diplomatic Enclave before studying at Hindu College, University of Delhi for a BA (Hons) degree in Political Science.

Kali for Women

When they decided to take this step, Butalia had worked with Oxford University Press and Zed Books in Delhi, while Ritu Menon was a well known scholar.

Madhavan K. Palat

National Defence University, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi.

Mahmood Khan Durrani

Captain Durrani was presented with his George Cross by Field Marshal Lord Wavell in 1946 at a special investiture ceremony held at the Red Fort, Delhi.

Mirza Aziz Koka

He built his tomb, Chausath Khamba, literally 64 pillars, during 1623–24, near the Nizamuddin Dargah shrine complex in Delhi.

Naya Kashmir

The actual writing of this memorandum took place in "Delhi Hotel" at Lahore and at Mr.Bedi's residence at Model Town Lahore.

Param Vir

Born in Delhi into a family life permeated with Indian classical music, Param Vir's strong interest in music developed as a teenager when attending a Roman Catholic secondary school and had informal lessons from composer Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, then resident in India.

Renukoot

Renukoot has a railway station which is connected to major cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Jammu, Ranchi, Patna, Jabalpur, and Bhopal.

Robert Bowne Minturn

He married Sarah Susannah Shaw (1839–1926), sister of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw; he was the author of New York to Delhi (New York, 1858).

Robin Singh, Jr.

He currently serves as one of the cricket experts for All India Radio and as a tax inspector for ITO, New Delhi.

Rohitha Bogollagama

He is married to Deepthi Samarakone, they have children Dhakshitha a BBM graduate in Finance from the Singapore Management University, Singapore and Dilshani Bogollagama a Medical student at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Rokni Haerizadeh

Haerizadeh is in a number of notable collections globally, namely the Tate Modern, London, UK, Rosenblum Collection, Paris, France, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran, Charles Saatchi Collection, London, UK, JP Morgan Collection, NY, USA, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, India, British Museum, London, UK, Francois Pinault Collection, Paris, France, Rubell Family Collection, Florida, USA, UCCA, Beijing.

Saleem Kidwai

With Ruth Vanita, he is co-editor of Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History (New York: Palgrave; New Delhi: Macmillan, 2000), a pioneering work documenting and exploring the indigenous roots of same-sex desire in South Asia.

Sansad Ratna Award

Delhi based NGO PRS Legislative Research closely monitors the performance of all the Members of Parliament and releases the data of their individual performances in the areas of: participation of debates, raising questions, introduction of Private Members Bills and attendance at the end of every session.

Sidique Ali Merican

He acted as deputy chef de mission for the Malaysian team at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and the 1982 Asian Games in Delhi, and chef de mission at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Skybus Metro

Cities such as Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Pune, Ranchi, Shimla, Thane etc. are considering Sky Bus although the system has not been adopted anywhere.

Sonia Vihar

Delhi Transport Corporation provide bus services to Sonia Vihar from Mori Gate 258, New Delhi 258A and from NOIDA 33A(which is a rarity) are the DTC bus routes to Sonia Vihar.

Sufi saints of Aurangabad

Shah Nasir ud din or Shah Nasir Alla Kadar was instructed by Said ud din of Delhi to accompany Burhan ud din to the Dakhan on a religious mission.

Swami Keshwanand

Thakarsi, who used to escort prosperous Seths (Businessman) from Ratangarh to Delhi on his camel, died in 1890 when Birama was seven.

Visa policy of India

Currently visas on arrival may be obtained at international airports of Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram and the list will be expanded with more airports like Goa, Gaya, Chandigarh and Amritsar.

World Association of Nuclear Operators

December 2008 - The Governors decide to postpone the 67th Governing Board meeting planned for Delhi, India following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Yoginder Sikand

He was a Reader in Department of Islamic Studies at Hamdard University, New Delhi, and then Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Zeyaur Khan

Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, Research on insect-plant interactions in cotton