| National Capital Region of Delhi (NCR) comprises of | | | | British Empire and therefore the task of building the |
| Delhi and the neighboring satellite towns of Faridabad | | | | capital was delegated to a leading British Architect |
| & Gurgaon in Haryana, NOIDA and Ghaziabad in | | | | and designer Edwin Lutyen. Lutyens designed New |
| Uttar Pradesh. | | | | Delhi to showcase the Empire's might and as a |
| Many foreigners get confused as to whether Delhi or | | | | testament to its imperial pretensions. The decision to |
| New Delhi is the capital of India? Are these two | | | | shift the capital was not only strategic but also |
| different cities or they are one and the same? | | | | political and to show the world that the Empire had |
| To understand this, lets delve into the history of | | | | arrived and is in control of the Indian Sub-continent. |
| Delhi. | | | | The measurable, geographical difference between the |
| From times immemorial, Delhi has been the called as | | | | 2 - might not even be 100 yards, yet the |
| Delhi. Delhi has been the center of commerce of | | | | architectural difference is enormous. No one knows |
| Northern part of India and made the capital by the | | | | where "Old Delhi" ends and where "New Delhi" begins |
| then Emperor, Shah Jahan. | | | | and yet when the roads widen and are lined by tress |
| The British Empire decided to shift the capital of India | | | | in a row - you will know that you have arrived in |
| from Calcutta to Delhi in the year 1911 and named it | | | | Lutyens Delhi. |
| New Delhi - to differentiate it from the Old part of | | | | To summarize, "Old Delhi" and "New Delhi" are the |
| Delhi. | | | | same place! |
| The "New Delhi" was to show the might of the | | | | |