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52 unusual facts about New Delhi


1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash

The 1958 Dan-Air Avro York airplane crash was a fatal accident involving an Avro York 685 York C.1 cargo aircraft operated by Dan Air Services Limited on a non-scheduled international all-cargo service between Karachi, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India.

Allied Publishers

Allied publishes academic (text books and reference books) books for schools, colleges and higher academic institutes.It also promote Indian publications abroad as leading Exporters, through the Allied's Export Division in New Delhi .

Alwar district

Alwar district is reached from New Delhi by NH8 or by Gurgaon-Sohna-Alwar highway that is being widened to six lanes.

Arthur Palliser

Later that year, he was appointed Flag Officer and Fortress Commander at Trincomalee and also served in a staff position with the Royal Indian Navy at New Delhi.

Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts

inscription of Ashoka Brāhmī script, more impressive than the much smaller replica positioned outside the entrance of the National Museum in Delhi.

Åslaug Haga

She later joined the diplomatic corps, serving at the Norwegian delegation to the United Nations in New York in the late 1980s and at the Norwegian embassy in New Delhi in India in the early 1990s.

Assassination of Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi, the 3rd Prime Minister of India, was assassinated at 9:20 AM on 31 October 1984, at her Safdarjung Road, New Delhi residence.

She was walking through the garden of the Prime Minister's Residence at No. 1, Safdarjung Road in New Delhi towards the neighbouring 1 Akbar Road office.

Assembly of God Church School

This begun in 1993 and was granted affiliation by the National Open School, New Delhi in 1994.

Bardhaman

The city is situated 1100 km from New Delhi and a little less than 100 km north-west of Kolkata on the Grand Trunk Road (NH-2) and Eastern Railway.

Bhutan men's national basketball team

In 2011, Bhutan's national basketball team played its first international match in the 26th FIBA Asia zone qualifying tournament in New Delhi.

Biblia Impex India

Biblia Impex India (also Aditya Prakashan, named after the Adityas, a group of Vedic solar deities) is a New Delhi publishing company founded by influential Hindu nationalist Sita Ram Goel in 1963.

Buds Public School, Dubai

Buds Public School is K-12 school located in Dubai which follows a Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi curriculum.

Central Avian Research Institute

The institute was established in 1979 under the administrative control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, and offers also education, training, and consultancy services.

Comic Con India

The first ever convention was hosted by Twenty Onwards Media between 19 and 20 February 2011 at Dilli Haat, New Delhi, India.

Comics Fest India

Comics Fest India (previously known as Nagraj Janmotsav) is a comic-based convention held in India, annually at New Delhi.

Jointly organized by Punjab Kesari and Animation Xpress, Comics Fest India was held from 30 November – 1 December 2013 at Dilli Haat, New Delhi, India.

Confederation of British Industry

The CBI works to promote business interests by lobbying and advising governments, networking with other businesses and creating intelligence through analysis of government policies and compilation of statistics, both in the United Kingdom and internationally through their offices in Beijing, Brussels, New Delhi and Washington DC.

Coup d'état of Yanaon

He was able to wean away some anti-merger leaders and members of the representative assembly from the pro-France camp and took them to New Delhi.

Denmark–Sri Lanka relations

Denmark is represented in Sri Lanka through its embassy in New Delhi, India.

Dholpur

Dholpur sandstone is mined in the area, which is simply called "Dholpur", and was used in the construction of Rashtrapati Bhavan and Secretariat Building, New Delhi in 1920s.

Elie Abel

In 1958, he went to New Delhi, India as bureau chief and in that capacity covered the Chinese takeover of Tibet.

Etah district

The driving distance from New Delhi to Etah is 207 km and it takes 3 hours 8 mins to reach there.

Fraulein Spy

On the Bombay to New Delhi leg of the world tour Julia Baron (Carter's assistant in Run, Spy, Run and The China Doll) joins the group.

Freed.in

The event Freed.in was renamed in April 2007, and the 2007 incarnation was held on September 28 and 29 at the School of Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus, New Delhi.

Freeze Lounge

Freeze Lounge is an Indian Chain of Ice Bar Designed by Ice Box, UK from sculpted blocks of ice, based in New Delhi, India.

George Temple-Poole

He was also appointed as one of three commissioners to design the new British capital in India (New Delhi) but ill health forced him to decline.

Good Humor Party

Since then, model skyscrapers have been photographed in a variety of well known locations, including Sydney, New Delhi, Santiago, Lima and Yerevan.

Grenville Beardsley

He was primarily stationed in New Delhi with the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Indian Airlines Flight 440

Flight 440 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu to New Delhi.

Indian Books Centre

The Indian Books Centre, an exporter and publisher of Indian books, was started in 1976 with headquarters in New Delhi .

Indian Tamil nationalism

Most major Tamil Nadu regional parties such as DMK, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) frequently participate as coalition partners of other pan-Indian parties in the Union Government of India at New Delhi.

Indian Veterinary Research Institute

Administrative control of the Institute is currently under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.

International Center for Research on Women

The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, with a regional office in New Delhi, India.

Kuchesar Fort

Surrounded by a 100-acre mango grove, it is located in Kuchesar, a village two hours away from New Delhi, seven km off highway NH 24 between Hapur and Garhmukteshwar, and it was restored by Neemrana Hotels.

Land reform in Vietnam

The land reform in North Vietnam was documented by Hoang Van Chi in From Colonialism to Communism, first published in 1962 by the Congress of Cultural Freedom, in New York, London, and New Delhi.

National Defence College, India

National Defence College of India located in New Delhi is the highest seat of strategic learning for Indian Defence and Civil Services officers of the rank of Brigadier or Joint Secretary.

New Delhi-Kalka Shatabdi

The New Delhi Kalka Shatabdi Express (Hindi: नई दिल्ली कालका शताब्दी एक्सप्रेस)is a superfast express fully airconditioned train connecting New Delhi and Kalka.

It is one of the superfast train in the New Delhi - Kalka section covering a distance of 269 km in a span of 4 hours 5 min.

Pandit Sunderlal Committee Report

The committee led by Pandit Sunderlal investigated the situation and compiled the facts but the findings of the report was not disclosed until 2013 when they were made available at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi.

Pantnagar Airport

Between 2005 and 2008, the Government of Uttarakhand offered a subsidy to Jagson Airlines to undertake a scheduled flight between Pantnagar and New Delhi.

Rewari district

It is around 80 km away from the capital city of India, New Delhi.

Road to India

In the game the player has only three days to find the girlfriend, where they visit places such as New Delhi and the Taj Mahal.

Shivmangal Singh Suman

Suman worked as the Vice Chancellor of Vikram University (Ujjain) during 1968-78; the Vice-President of Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan, Lucknow; Press & Cultural Attache, Indian Embassy, Kathmandu (Nepal) during 1956-61; and the President, Association of Indian Universities (New Delhi) during 1977-78.

Smt. Ramkuwar Devi Fomra Vivekananda Vidyalaya

It is an English medium school, affiliated to CBSE, New Delhi and a unit of the Vivekananda Educational Society, a non-profit, service organisation which has been inspired by the principles of Swami Vivekananda.

The Printed Blog

The most recent issue of The Printed Blog, “ The Love Issue. ” included Guest Editors Brandon Mendelson, humorist and author of the book Social Media is Bullshit, Laura Hunter-Thomas, fashion blogger and competitive fencer currently training to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics, Arushi Khosla, fashion blogger from New Delhi, and Melysa Schmitt, a mommy blogger and former writer for NJ.com.

Tomb of Balban

The Tomb of Ghiyas ud din Balban is located in Mehrauli, New Delhi, India.

Tyeb Mehta

A career retrospective is scheduled for later 2009 at the National Gallery of Modern Art, in New Delhi.

Uphaar Cinema fire

The compensation included Rs.2.5 crore for development of a trauma centre near New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, situated close to the cinema hall.

Vincent Conçessao

In 1962 Conçessao moved to New Delhi where he was appointed Assistant Parish Priest at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi.

Virendra Bhatia

Bhatia died on May 24, 2010 in Apollo Hospital in New Delhi after short illness.

Yusuf Sarai

It lies on the Sri Aurobindo Marg close to AIIMS, New Delhi, and accommodates both residential as well as market places.


2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

India will have to choose six host cities from a shortlist of eight, they are New Delhi, Pune, Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Kolkata, Kochi and Guwahati.

Arthur Lenk

In 1996, he was sent to the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India where he served as Second Secretary for Cultural and Academic Affairs.

Arturo Falaschi

He was very articulate and convinced several governments in the developed and the developing world to establish a 2-component International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, with one component in New Delhi, India and one in Trieste, Italy; both devoted to research and training of young researchers from the developing world.

Asia Art Archive

Based in cities across Asia, including Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul, Manila, Tokyo, and New Delhi, AAA researchers collect material in their respective countries and send it back to Hong Kong to be catalogued and incorporated into the collection.

Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express

The 12565/12566 Bihar Sampark Kranti Superfast Express is one of two Superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that run between Darbhanga Junction and New Delhi in India.

Callum Smith

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, Smith up kept family tradition by winning a silver medal in the welterweight division, following brothers Paul, who also won silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England and Stephen who claimed a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy

Gender and Trade Initiative is an initiative of the Society for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (SOFCAR) a New Delhi based research and advocacy organisation.

Daniel Berehulak

In 2002, he started working for Getty Images in Sydney as a sports photographer, moving to London as a staff photographer in 2005 and now based in New Delhi.

Eben Moglen

While speaking in New Delhi, India, in 2006, he remarked: "Anything that is worth copying is worth sharing."

Farhat Ehsas

He has worked as Assistant Editor of a research journal, published by the Zakir Husain Institute of Islamic Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Ficus virens

This tree has become popular as an avenue tree in and around the cities of New Delhi and Noida.

Gole Market

Gole Market is a neighbourhood in the heart of New Delhi, India, which grew around the octagonal market by the same name built by Edwin Lutyens in 1921 within a traffic roundabout.

The octagonal market was built in the axis planned by Edwin Lutyens as part of New Delhi's layout.

Indian Music Industry

It also has offices in New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and other major Indian cities working on the protection of rights of music producers and preventing music piracy.

Institute of Informatics and Communication

Institute of Informatics and Communication is a constituent institute of the University of Delhi, in New Delhi, India.

Javaid Rahi

He has been the recipient of a number of national awards, including a National Fellowship from Union Ministry of Tourism and Culture, New Delhi, in 2000 for his outstanding contributions in the field of Tribal and Nomadic Research.

Julian Moti

He was the founding President of the Pacific Islands Branch of the International Law Association (ILA), served on the ILA Committee on Compensation for Victims of War and has been a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India and a Visiting Professor at Gujarat National Law University in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

L. P. Vidyarthi

He was the President of IUAES (1973–1978) and presided over the World Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences held in December 1978 at New Delhi.

Maia Chiburdanidze

She was 1st in tournaments in New Delhi (1984) and Banja Luka (1985) and in the next decade she finished 1st in Belgrade (1992), Vienna (1993) and in Lippstadt (1995).

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

From 1994 to 1995 Evidencias de lo invisible, cien fotografías (Evidence of the Invisible, One Hundred Photographs) was presented at the Fine Arts Museum in New Delhi, the Imperial Palace in Beijing and the Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon.

Max Bupa

The company has been incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 with its registered office at Max House, 1 Dr. Jha Marg, Okhla, New Delhi – 110020.

Nigerians in India

As of January 2012, there are about 10,000 Nigerians living and working in India but only 3,500 were registered with the Nigerian High Commission and they live in cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Jaipur.

Nimbuzz

In 2012 Nimbuzz moved its headquarters from Rotterdam to New Delhi, India to be closer to the expected mobile Internet boom happening there in the next five years.

Paul David Devanandan

His address to the Third Assembly of the World Council of Churches at New Delhi in 1961, under the title "Called to Witness," delivered few months before his death caught the attention of the large ecumenical church.

Prashant Bhilare

It was nominated for GOLDEN CAMERA AWARD for Best Short at the 3rd Nashik International Film Festival and Best Social Movie Award at the Miniboxoffice International Film Festival, New Delhi.

Pravara Rural Engineering College

Pravara Rural Engineering College (PREC), a leading institution in India, is affiliated to the University of Pune, India and is recognized by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi (India).

Starcom IP Asia

Starcom IP Asia consists of 17 countries and 29 offices, with locations in Australia (Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane) Bangalore, Bangladesh, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong), India (New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai), Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington), Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Stones of India

The Bahá'í House of Worship of New Delhi stands testimony to the relevance of marble in modern Indian architecture.

Sunil Sahu

Before starting his Ph.D. program, Sahu received advanced graduate training in international relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

Swar Utsav

The album features 6 songs, all of them performed by Hariharan during a concert at India Gate, New Delhi in 2001.

Taruna Madan Gupta

Ph.D. - Jointly with Delhi Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (DIPER), University of Delhi and Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi.

Tassos Denegris

He has also given readings of his work in Belgrade, New Delhi, Strasburg, Tübingen, Colombia, and in 1998 was on of gathering of "Poets of the World" who met in Lima.

Tirur railway station

Though no trains originate from this station, trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Mangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Jammu Tawi, Okha, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and so forth.

Trusted Sources

Trusted Sources is country specialists with staff located in Beijing, Moscow, São Paulo, New Delhi and Istanbul.

Vijay Bedi

Their documentary, The Policing of the Langur, made in 2009 was nominated as the best film in the Newcomers Category at Wild Screen Film Festival.Trained in movie making at the Aurobindo Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, the duo won the Green Oscars for their documentary film on the life of two endangered Himalayas's Red pandas called the Cherub of the Mist.

Vinod Punamiya

On 20 February 2011 he claimed to have cycled a distance of 1485 km from India Gate, New Delhi to Gateway of India, Mumbai in 31 hours on bicycle.

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.