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Delhi in India
When India achieved independence in 1947, it made its capital the traditional power base of north India, Delhi. Today it is the political nerve centre for a more than a billion people living across India. Most of its 10 million inhabitants live in the 580 square miles (1,500 sq km) that surround more than a thousand historic buildings surviving from seven successive Hindu and Muslim cities dating from the 11th century. Louise’s tip for Delhi: the city is so sprawling that location is everything – plan your itineraries carefully and do not miss Lutyens’s New Delhi, Kinheri Bazar in Old Delhi, or newly restored Humayun’s Tomb. |
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