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New Delhi is the capital of the Republic of India, and is part of the
metropolis of Delhi.
The city was planned and built as a capital city, and was so named when the then British rulers moved the capital of British
India to it in 1911 from Calcutta. It was
built to the south of the then-existing urban area (including Shahjahanabad, and sometimes today known as 'old Delhi' or the 'old
city'), on a site among the ruins of ancient Delhis.
The plan of the city was developed by architect Edwin Lutyens. Most of the institutions of the central government of India are still located in this
area, in grand buildings designed by Lutyens or Herbert Baker.
The visiting French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau,
looking around at the half-built capital rising around him, is reported to have said, "this will be the greatest ruin of them
all."
See Tourist Attractions in Delhi,
Hotels in Delhi, Markets in Delhi, National
capital territory.
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