Namaste / Sat Sri Akal
How locals say hello in New Delhi
Winter (October–March) — summers are brutal above 45°C
Use the Delhi Metro — it's cheap, clean, AC, and covers every major sight. Auto-rickshaws should use meters but usually won't; agree on a price first.
In December 1911, King George V announced that India's capital would move from Calcutta to Delhi — a city that had already served as the capital of at least seven previous empires. Architects Lutyens and Baker spent 20 years designing the new imperial capital with monumental avenues radiating from Raisina Hill. New Delhi was formally inaugurated on February 13, 1931 — just sixteen years before the British departed, making it history's most lavishly built short-term colonial capital.
Delhi has been continuously inhabited for over 5,000 years and has served as the capital of at least seven consecutive empires, giving it more historical layers than almost any city on Earth.
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