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<\/a>The Qutab Minar in Delhi, India<\/p><\/div>\n
Apart from the Muslim architecture of monuments or buildings, there are several beautiful temples, mosques, churches and Sikh Gurdwaras in Delhi. The churches were constructed by the British colonial power. In addition they also constructed the uniquely beautiful market in central Delhi which is now known as Connaught Place or just CP. Other buildings have also been built by the British \u2014 one of which was the building that is now the main building of Delhi University. This building used to accommodate senior British officers till the\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Rashtrapati Bhawan<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0(Presidents Building) was built on the\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Raisina Hill<\/em>.<\/p>\n The architects of the beautiful Rashtrapati Bhawan were Sir Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker. It was built for the British Viceroy when India was ruled by the British\u00a0\u00a0colonial power. The Indian Parliament building is circular in shape, and is built near the Rashtrapati Bhawan.<\/p>\n New Parliament in Delhi, India<\/p><\/div>\n Delhi has several Universities \u2014 Delhi University, JNU and others. A well-known St Stephens College is also located near the sprawling Delhi University Campus. The Delhi University is now\u00a0\u00a0a century old institution<\/p>\n Earlier, the Rashtrapati Bhawan used to accommodate the British Governor General or Viceroy; now the Indian President lives in the large sprawling structure. It has several huge halls and sometimes it is used for giving oath of office to important officers such as chief of Army or Navy, etc. Some eminent persons also are invited to give their lectures in these halls.<\/p>\n The\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rashtrapati Bhawan<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0is occasionally used for housing important foreigners like Presidents or Prime Ministers or senior officers of several countries. Many decades ago, the British Queen Elizabeth II also stayed in this building when she visited India.<\/p>\n When India gained independence from British rule in 1947,\u00a0\u00a0Delhi was much smaller both in terms of its population and area. Now the capital city has grown in size and population. New buildings \u2014 offices, housing structures, academic institutions (IITs , Colleges) have come up in addition to some countries that have built their Embassies here. Its current population is about 32 million. The population is so large, partly because many people from villages and small towns come for employment and education in Delhi.<\/p>\n The original parliament building that is circular in shape, still exists but its functioning was restricted because of its size. Additional space was required. A new triangular shaped parliamentary building has recently been constructed next to the earlier parliament building. It was dedicated to the nation by the Indian Prime Minister Mr Modi only recently, on May 28, 2023.<\/p>\n As observed from the above notes, Delhi has grown in all respects \u2014 population wise, politically, culturally and socially. How it will grow in the future is anybody\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________<\/p>\n Delhi is the capital of India and is also important historically, politically, culturally. Its population and buildings, institutions, roads, highways have shot up in the last few years and it continues to grow in all directions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":166069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[2808,759],"class_list":["post-236417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transcend-members","tag-delhi","tag-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236639,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236417\/revisions\/236639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/a>Dr Ravi P Bhatia is a member of the <\/em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/em><\/a>, an<\/em> educationist, Gandhian scholar and peace researcher. Retired professor, Delhi University. His new book, <\/em>A Garland of Ideas\u2014Gandhian, Religious, Educational, Environmental was published recently in Delhi.<\/em> ravipbhatia@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"