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New Delhi New Delhi () is an urban district of Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat of all three branches of the Government of India. The foundation stone of the city was laid by Emperor George V during the Delhi Durbar of 1911. It was designed by British architects, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. The new capital was inaugurated on 13 February 1931, by Viceroy and Governor-General of India Lord Irwin. Although colloquially "Delhi" and "New Delhi" are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), these are two distinct
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sinking differences of caste, creed and colour under the sheer compulsion to interact and survive together. The compulsion has grown stronger ever since, as has the spirit it fostered. Hence Calcutta did not disintegrate when the capital was shifted to New Delhi in 1912. It has kept growing and living by the ever-renewed confidence and vitality of its inherent human forces.” Kolkata district lies between 22.037’ and 22.030’ North latitude and 88.023’ and 88.018’ East longitude. It occupies the east bank of the Hooghly in the lower Ganges Delta. The alluvial plain has an average elevation of 6.4 metres (17
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Delhi–Kolkata high-speed rail corridor Delhi–Kolkata high-speed rail corridor is one of the route of the proposed high-speed rail in India. The line is part of the Diamond Quadrilateral Program, which seeks to unite the cities of New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai via high speed rail. This travels along the Delhi–Howrah main line from Tundla to Howrah. The train expects to cut the journey time for the between the national capital of India, New Delhi, and the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, the city of Kolkata, to just 5 hours 30 minutes. According to the British company
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of the nation. Howrah - Anand Vihar Yuva Express The Howrah - Anand Vihar Yuva Express is a superfast train of Indian Railways, that connects Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal to New Delhi, the national capital. The train was inaugurated by former railway minister Mamata Banerjee, to help the youths of both towns to ply in between. This train is considered to be the cheapest of all AC trains between the two cities. It started as a weekly service between New Delhi and Howrah, but the train was shifted to Anand Vihar w.e.f. 13-12-2015. Sixty percent seats of the
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Howrah - Anand Vihar Yuva Express The Howrah - Anand Vihar Yuva Express is a superfast train of Indian Railways, that connects Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal to New Delhi, the national capital. The train was inaugurated by former railway minister Mamata Banerjee, to help the youths of both towns to ply in between. This train is considered to be the cheapest of all AC trains between the two cities. It started as a weekly service between New Delhi and Howrah, but the train was shifted to Anand Vihar w.e.f. 13-12-2015. Sixty percent seats of the train are reserved
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when the film's first schedule took off in Kolkata. The first schedule for Piku was also filmed in Delhi and Mumbai and included indoor scenes. The second schedule of filming started on 30 October 2014 in Kolkata, mostly in the north. Specifically, shooting took place at the Howrah Bridge in the city's Shyambazar neighbourhood and at Bishop Lefroy Road. During the shooting at Howrah Bridge, Bachchan bicycled around the city dressed as his character. The Kolkata schedule was completed on 18 November 2014 and shooting now shifted to Delhi and Patdi Near Surendranagar in Gujarat. The "Journey Song" was shot
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History of Kolkata Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta in English, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and is located in eastern India on the east bank of the River Hooghly. The city was a colonial city developed by the British East India Company and then by the British Empire. Kolkata was the capital of the British Indian empire until 1911 when the capital was relocated to Delhi. Kolkata grew rapidly in the 19th century to become the second city of the British Indian Empire. This was accompanied by the development of a culture that fused European
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However, being a historical capital and prominent city, Delhi has always attracted a large number of immigrants. When the capital of British India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi, a substantial number of government personnel, especially from the Bengal, migrated to Delhi. Following the partition of India in 1947, a large number of people migrated to Delhi. These included a large number of Punjabis (with a relatively small number of Sindhis), which led to the characterisation of Delhi as a "Punjabi city". According to the first census right after partition, the 1951 census, Delhi had a total population of 1,744,072
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be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi, subsequently on 15 December 1911, they laid the foundation stone for Viceroy's residence, and New Delhi here, which was subsequently shifted to its present location on Raisina Hill near Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's House). The newly appointed emperors of the British Raj were stationed at Kingsway Camp. Since the Kings had to pass through this route, it was named "Kingsway Camp", meaning the "Way Of the King". In 1910s, a steam generation power plant was established here by the government, which was later shifted to Raj Ghat area around 1931, when the capital of India
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Sudip Roy Sudip Roy ()(Born 1960) is an Indian artist, pursuing arts in the Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata. Works of Sudip Roy includes pencil sketches and water colours, charcoals and a heady series of landscape done in limped line drawing. Roy over the years mastered the art of watercolor and moved from landscapes to studies of architectural facades and association of people in historic temples and monuments. He moved to the capital city of Delhi in the mid 90’s. His subjects remained architectural and figurative for most part of his life, until he shifted to moody momentousness.
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Maithil Brahmins. It was during this period that the capital of Mithila was shifted to Darbhanga. Majority of Maithils normally reside north of the Ganges; based around Darbhanga and the rest of North Bihar. Native Maithili speakers also reside in Delhi, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi and Mumbai. Indian Mithila comprises the West Champaran, East Champaran, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Vaishali, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger, Khagaria, Saharsa, Madhepura, Supaul, Purnia, Araria, Katihar, Kishanganj, Bhagalpur, Godda, Deoghar and Banka districts. Darbhanga in particular played an important role in the history of Mithila and is considered one of its "core centers". It was the
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Calcutta in 1756, and the East India Company retook it the following year. In 1793 the East India company was strong enough to abolish Nizamat (local rule), and assumed full sovereignty of the region. Under the company rule, and later under the British Raj, Calcutta served as the capital of British-held territories in India until 1911, when its perceived geographical disadvantages, combined with growing nationalism in Bengal, led to a shift of the capital to New Delhi. Calcutta was the centre for the Indian independence movement; it remains a hotbed of contemporary state politics. Following Indian independence in 1947, Kolkata,
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Hall with rows of Doric pillars on each side, flowering chandeliers and black Mahogany tables has entertained eminent guests like Queen Elizabeth. Raj Bhavan, Kolkata Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, located in the capital city Kolkata. Built in 1803, it was known as Government House before the independence of India. After the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown in 1858, it became the official residence of the Viceroy of India, shifting here from the Belvedere Estate. With the shifting of capital to Delhi in 1911 it became
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Raj Bhavan, Kolkata Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal, located in the capital city Kolkata. Built in 1803, it was known as Government House before the independence of India. After the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown in 1858, it became the official residence of the Viceroy of India, shifting here from the Belvedere Estate. With the shifting of capital to Delhi in 1911 it became the official residence of Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. Since independence in 1947 it serves as the official residence of the Governor of
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tea is served in a journey. Also a bottle of Rail Neer is supplied. If the train is behind schedule meals are supplied free of costs which may differ from original menu. Now the train is diverted via Patna. SLR-2, SL-9, PC-1, 3AC-4, 2AC-1, 1AC-1 Howrah – New Delhi Duronto Express The Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express or Kolkata Duronto is an important train which operates between Kolkata and the national capital New Delhi. With halts at asn ,jsme ,pnbe, mgs and cnb This train uses the Grand Chord route. It belongs to the Eastern Zone of Indian Railways. This train
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dailies. He has also campaigned for a long time against the persecution of minorities in Bangladesh and the citizenship rights of the Bengali Hindu refugees. Mohit was born in Kolkata into a Bengali Hindu migrant family from East Bengal in 1954. He graduated in Chemical engineering from Jadavpur University in 1976. In 1979 he completed his post-graduation from the University of Manchester. A year later he joined Engineers India Limited and relocated to New Delhi. In 1988, he joined Development Consultants Limited and shifted to Kolkata. In 1995, Mohit quit Development Consultants and began independent consultancy. He has worked as
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the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police busted the El Dorado dance bar in Hotel Rajdoot on Mathura Road, and arrested 13 dance bar girls and one of the hotel owners on charges ranging from obscenity to immoral trafficking and abetment. The girls were aged between 20 and 30 and came from lower-middle-class families. Four of them were from Delhi, two each were from Bihar, Noida and Punjab and one each from Kolkata and Allahabad. The girls had previously been employed in Mumbai dance bars, but shifted to Delhi after those establishments were banned. Dance bars have been theme of
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early 19th century, the marshes surrounding the city were drained. In the 19th century, Kolkata was the epicentre of the epoch-changing socio-cultural movement, the Bengal renaissance. The 20th century unfolded historical events in Kolkata - the Swadeshi movement, the first partition of Bengal along communal lines, shifting of the national capital from Kolkata to Delhi in 1911 - and Kolkata emerged as an important hub of the independence movement. With the experience and memories of the Bengal famine of 1943, the Great Calcutta Killings, the final partition of Bengal, and independence of the country, Kolkata moved on to a new
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Empire lasted, it was during the rule of Delhi Sultanate, Muhammad bin Tughluq when he shifted the capital from Delhi to Daulatabad, the Deccan region adopted the foreign cuisines. In the 14th century when the Bahmani Sultanate was formed by revolting against the Delhi Sultanate in Deccan, the Turkish noblemen were appointed in the high positions, and introduced the Turkish cuisine. The two-centuries-long political instability in the region of the Deccan and the main Central Mughal authority and migration has introduced Deccan with multiple foreign cuisines. In Deccan medieval cuisine, banquets were common among the aristocracy. Multiple courses would be
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a deeply amorous relationship which led to her getting divorced and separated from her family. Unfortunately, Deep also dumped her and went his own family way. Dasgupta studied at the Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi and gradually started doing very good as wicket keeper - batsman for his school team. He was in the special care of his school team coach always for his promising performance and hard works. He later shifted to Kolkata (although he always had a deeper connection with the city as it was his maternal uncle's house and he used to be in Kolkata on every
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various private operators. The city's main bus terminals are located at Esplanade and Babughat. The Kolkata–Delhi and Kolkata–Chennai prongs of the Golden Quadrilateral, and National Highway 34 start from the city. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, located in Dum Dum some north-east of the city centre, operates domestic and international flights. In 2013, the airport was upgraded to handle increased air traffic. The Port of Kolkata, established in 1870, is India's oldest and the only major river port. The Kolkata Port Trust manages docks in Kolkata and Haldia. The port hosts passenger services to Port Blair, capital of the
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and their other territories, ending the short-lived rebellion. This also marked the beginning of direct British Rule in India. In 1911, the capital of British India was shifted from Calcutta to New Delhi, the last inner city of Delhi designed by Edwin Lutyens. After India's Independence from the British, New Delhi became the capital of the newly formed Republic of India. It is popularly said that Delhi was the site for a total of seven different cities between 3000 BCE and the 17th century BCE, although taking smaller towns and strongholds into account, as many as 15 settlements can be
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Iltutmish Shams ud-Din Iltutmish (Persian: شَمْسُ ٱلْدِّين إِلْتُتْمِش) () was the third ruler of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi of Turkic origin. He was a slave of Qutb-ud-din Aibak and later became his son-in-law and close lieutenant. He was the Governor of Badaun when he deposed Qutub-ud-din's successor Aram Shah and acceded to the throne of the Delhi Sultanate in 1211. He shifted the capital from Lahore to Delhi, remained the ruler until his death on May 1, 1236. Iltutmish consolidated the position of the sultanate in the Indian subcontinent. He conquered Multan and Bengal from contesting rulers and Ranthambore
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believe that Himroo was the innovation of local craftsmen with very little Persian influence. Himroo Is woven near Zaffar Gate at the Himroo Fabrics According to historians this art originated in Persia, though it has not been proved, himroo is associated with the times of Mohammad Tughlaq who ruled in the 14th century. When Mohammad Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad many weavers came and settled here. During the migration, the weavers instead of returning to Delhi chose to stay back here. They did not want to go back to Delhi. During the reign of Malik Ambar many
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city of Noida and National Highway 24 to Ghaziabad. Delhi-Gurgaon Expresswayis a 28 km long access-controlled toll expressway connecting Delhi, the national capital of India, and Gurgaon on National Highway 48 (India) The highway runs from Delhi to Mumbai, Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway till outskirts of Gurgaon. The expressway is a part of Golden Quadrilateral project, which itself is a part of ambitious National Highway Development Project (NHDP) and emphasizes improving road connectivity between four metropolitan cities of India, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata by developing 4–6 lane highways between them. The much-delayed Rs.10 billion, 27.7 km expressway was thrown open
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Howrah – New Delhi Duronto Express The Howrah-New Delhi Duronto Express or Kolkata Duronto is an important train which operates between Kolkata and the national capital New Delhi. With halts at asn ,jsme ,pnbe, mgs and cnb This train uses the Grand Chord route. It belongs to the Eastern Zone of Indian Railways. This train runs non-stop between the two cities. There is no unreserved seating available in this train, as it has no stopagges, but few technical halts for carrying food and change of loco pilot staff. As inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee, it is one of the fastest trains
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1912, it functioned as the Secretariat for another decade, before the offices shifted to the present Secretariat Building on Raisina Hill. Delhi Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Delhi, also known as Delhi Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral law making body of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, one of the 7 union territories in India. It is situated at Delhi, the state capital of Delhi, with 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The seat of assembly is the Old Secretariat building, which is also the seat of the Delhi Government. The Delhi Legislative Assembly was first constituted on
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Naan qalia Naan qalia is a dish that originates from Aurangabad in India. It is a concoction of mutton and a variety of spices. "Naan" is a bread made in a tandoor (hot furnace), while "qalia" is a mixture of mutton and various spices. When Mohammad Tughlaq shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad, there was a mass exodus of people from Delhi to Daulatabad. On the way to Daulatabad, the huge army of Tughlaq was exhausted. It was a difficult task to provide such a big army with food, and the "bawarchis" (cooks) dug a hot furnace and rolled
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National Cancer Institute (CNCI) found that 70% of residents of Kolkata suffer from respiratory diseases, like lung cancer, dyspnea and asthma, caused by air pollution. According to the CNCI study, 18.4 cases of lung cancer per 100,000 people were reported from Kolkata. According to data collected in 2010 by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Kolkata, along with Delhi, is among the worst affected Indian cities when it comes to air pollution. Between 2009 and 2011, the highest number of lung cancer cases in India were reported from Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai. According to a report prepared by the Centre
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Environmental issues in Kolkata Kolkata, historically known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. There are many environmental issues in Kolkata, severely affecting its biophysical environment as well as human health. Air pollution, water pollution, garbage, and pollution of the natural environment are prevalent in Kolkata. According to data released in 2009 by the Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, atmospheric suspended particulate matter (SPM) in Kolkata was 511. This made Kolkata the most polluted metropolitan city in India, followed respectively by Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. In a 6-years long study completed in 2007, the Chittaranjan
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the Qutb Minar and its surrounding monuments and the Tughlaqabad Fort. During this time, the city became a center for culture. The Delhi Sultanate came to an end in 1526, when Babur defeated the forces of the last sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodi at the first Battle of Panipat, and formed the Mughal Empire. The Mughal Empire would rule the area for three centuries. During the 16th century, the city declined as the Mughal capital was shifted. The fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan built the walled city of Shahjahanabad within Delhi, and its landmarks, the Red Fort and Jama Masjid.
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Sultan of Delhi Alauddin Khalji captured Malwa, the Paramara territory. Ayn al-Mulk Multani, the newly appointed Governor of Malwa, was sent to expel the Paramara king Mahalakadeva from Mandu and cleanse that place from "the odour of infidelity". With help of a spy, Multani's forces found a way to enter the fort secretly. Mahalakadeva was killed while attempting to flee, on 24 November 1305. When Timur captured Delhi in 1401, the Afghan Dilawar Khan, governor of Malwa, set up his own little kingdom and the Ghuri dynasty was established, His son, Hoshang Shah, shifted the capital from Dhar to Mandu
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New York. Before the new imperial capital New Delhi was established in 1911, the Old Delhi Railway Station served the Agra-Delhi railways, the line cut through what is today called "Lutyens' Delhi". The line was eventually shifted to make way for the new capital and the New Delhi Railway Station was built near Ajmeri Gate in 1926. Lutyens led a group of architects in laying out the central administrative area of the city, with the charge of retaining one-third of the area as green space. At the heart of the city was the impressive Rashtrapati Bhawan, formerly known as Viceroy's
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and attended schools from there. He was shifted with his family to Dhaka, the capital of erstwhile East Pakistan in 1947. Justice Mustafa Kamal’s formal education started in Cooch Behar’s Jenkins School, when he got admitted in class three in 1940. Established in 1861, Jenkins School was one of the most reputed schools in the [Bengal Presidency]. He continued studying in that school until 1946, when he was transferred to Kolkata and was admitted in class nine in Ballygunge Govt. High School. Kamal had to return to his previous Cooch Behar school later in the same year for there was
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concurrently accredited to the United Nations offices in the city. Austria is represented in India by its embassy and Trade commission in New Delhi, India's capital, as well as honorary consulates in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Goa. Czech-Indian relations were established in 1921 by a consulate in Bombay. The Czech Republic has an embassy in New Delhi. Consulates of Czech Republic in India are in Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata. India has an embassy in Prague. Denmark has an embassy in New Delhi, and India has an embassy in Copenhagen. Tranquebar, a town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
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is in the centre of northern India. The land for building the new city of Delhi was acquired under the Land Acquisition Act 1894. During the Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911, George V, then Emperor of India, along with Queen Mary, his consort, made the announcement that the capital of the Raj was to be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi, while laying the foundation stone for the Viceroy's residence in the Coronation Park, Kingsway Camp. The foundation stone of New Delhi was laid by King George V and Queen Mary at the site of Delhi Durbar of 1911 at
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by the Tanwar chief Anangpal I around 731AD and expanded by AnangPal II in the 11thcentury, who shifted his capital to Lal Kot from Kannaujs The Tanwars were defeated by the Chauhans in the 12th century. Prithviraj Chauhan further expanded the fort and called it Qila Rai Pithora. He was defeated and killed in 1192 by Mohammed Ghori, who put his general Qutb-ud-din Aybak in charge and returned to Afghanistan. Subsequently in 1206, after the death of Mohammed Ghori, Qutubuddin enthroned himself as the first Sultan of Delhi. Thus Delhi became the capital of the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi (Slave
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Genpact from 1999 to 2002, when he led the business through a critical growth phase as a subsidiary of GE. When Genpact became an independent company, he rejoined Genpact from GE Capital U.S. as executive vice president of sales and business development from 2005 to 2009. Thereafter, he took on the role of Genpact’s chief operating officer. Genpact Genpact (NYSE: G) is a professional services firm with key offices in New Delhi, Palo Alto, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, London, Kolkata, and New York. Genpact began in 1997 a unit within General Electric. Its charter was to provide business process services to GE's
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entities, with New Delhi forming a small part of Delhi. The National Capital Region is a much larger entity comprising the entire NCT along with adjoining districts in neighboring states. Calcutta (now Kolkata) was the capital of India during the British Raj, until December 1911. Calcutta had become the centre of the nationalist movements since the late nineteenth century, which led to the Partition of Bengal by then Viceroy of British India, Lord Curzon. This created massive political and religious upsurge including political assassinations of British officials in Calcutta. The anti-colonial sentiments amongst the public led to complete boycott of
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Delhi. This is particularly evident in elections since 2000. Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Delhi were held in the following years: Originally built 1912, designed by E. Montague Thomas to hold the Imperial Legislative Council and subsequently the Central Legislative Assembly (after 1919), till the newly constructed Parliament House of India in New Delhi (Sansad Bhawan) was inaugurated on 18 January 1927. The building also housed in the Secretariat of the Government of India, and was built after the capital of India shifted to Delhi from Calcutta, the temporary secretariat building was constructed in a few months' time in
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to New Delhi, Mumbai and also connects Western Odisha to the state capital Bhubaneswar. The Dhenkanal railway station is on the Cuttack-Sambalpur section of East Coast railway line, which is a major route connecting Western Odisha to Coastal Odisha. It is directly connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Surat, Ranchi, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Bhopal, Vishakhapatnam, Amritsar, Raipur, Cuttack, Puri, Rourkela, and Sambalpur. Dhenkanal railway station Dhenkanal railway station is a railway station which serves Dhenkanal district in Indian state of Odisha. Dhenkanal railway station was developed in 1922 when Talcher coalfield was linked to Howrah Chennai line. A double track was
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at school in Amritsar, he joined his father's business of civil construction dealing in the laying of railway tracks and the digging of tunnels. When Hardinge, the Viceroy of India, announced the plan to move the British Indian capital city to Delhi was along with the Coronation Durbar for King George V and the Queen Mary, would take place in Delhi in December 1911, Sujan Singh and 22-year-old Sobha Singh, who was then a contractor working on the Kalka-Shimla railroad, shifted base to Delhi as building contractors. Building contracts then being given out. Sujan Singh-Sobha Singh were accepted as senior-grade
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Lady Hardinge Medical College Lady Hardinge Medical College is a medical college for women located in New Delhi, India. Established in 1916, it became part of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi in 1950. The college is funded by the Government of India. When the national capital of India was shifted to Delhi, Lady Hardinge, the wife of the then Viceroy of India, Baron Charles Hardinge, decided to establish a medical college for women, as she recognized that the lack of such a college made it impossible for Indian women to study medicine. The foundation stone was laid
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Acquisition Act" to begin the construction of the Viceroy's House The hill is a slightly elevated portion high, about higher than the surrounding area. In 1911 to transfer the capital of British India from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi, a planning committee was formed, and a site 3 miles (5 km) south of the existing city of Delhi, around Raisina Hill, was chosen for the new administrative centre. A well-drained, healthy area between the Delhi Ridge and the Yamuna River, it provided ample room for expansion. Raisina Hill Raisina Hill ("Rāyasīnā Pahāṛī"), often used as a metonym for the seat
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possible to continue by local train onwards to Dhaka's main station Komolapur from Dhaka Cantonment. From Kolkata, the nearest metro station is Shyambazar–a distance of 1.2 km. There is a public bus terminal right outside Kolkata Railway Station with connectivity to various parts of city. The development of the Kolkata-Dhaka train service is akin to that of the "Samjhauta Express" (meaning "Understanding" or "Accord" Express), which connects the Indian capital Delhi to Lahore in Pakistan. Both train services were opened to revive rail links between the countries that were disrupted by the partition of India in 1947, and both have
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Howrah. Based the popularity of the Howrah Rajdhani, the Sealdah Rajdhani Express was made functional. Sealdah is another railway station in Kolkata. The trains have high priority on the Indian railway network and are fully air-conditioned. It is hauled by an HOG WAP 7 of Howrah shed and Its color is red-grey. The train is an important link between Kolkata and New Delhi. It runs near some of the most holy sites in India, including Allahabad, Gaya, and Parasnath. It also connects the financial capital of Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur, to Delhi and Kolkata.Train also halts at Asansol west bengal and
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Sealdah Rajdhani Express Sealdah Rajdhani Express connects Sealdah (Kolkata) to New Delhi via Durgapur— Asansol Jn. - Dhanbad Jn.- Gaya Jn.- Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction. & Kanpur Central.This train runs everyday between the two cities. The train departs from Sealdah at about 4.50 pm and reaches to New Delhi at about 10.25 am and the Sealdah bound train departs from New delhi at 04.25 pm and reaches Sealdah at about 10.10 am. It is the 3rd Rajdhani Express that runs from West Bengal to the capital city, other 2 being Howrah Rajdhani Express, One via Patna Jn. & other
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away from the City Center situated on the North part. The station provides connection with Bhopal the state capital of Madhya Pradesh. Raipur the state capital of Chhattisgarh. Bilaspur is the headquarters of Southeast Central Railways and is well connected with mail and super-fast trains from Bhopal, Indore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Gwalior, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Patna, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Nagpur, Katni, Kota, Jaipur, Jammu & Hyderabad. Some of the important train connecting Surajpur Road are : Besides this it halts for a few seconds at Anuppur station for trains like Garib rath, Utkal Express, Heerakund Express, New Delhi Sampark Kranti, Bilaspur
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the new imperial capital New Delhi was established after 1911, the Old Delhi Railway Station served the entire city and the Agra-Delhi railway line cut through what is today called "Lutyens' Delhi" and the site earmarked for the hexagonal All-India War Memorial (now "India Gate") and Kingsway (now "Rajpath"). The railway line was shifted along Yamuna river and opened in 1924 to make way for the new capital. Minto (now "Shivaji") and Hardinge (now "Tilak") rail bridges came up for this realigned line. The East Indian Railway Company, that overlooked railways in the region, sanctioned the construction of a single
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standard Urdu, as well as Dakhini, and most will put Urdu as their mother tongue on official censuses, and surveys as Dakhini has not been recognized as an official language by India. The Urdu language from Delhi was introduced in the Deccan region during Alauddin Khalji invasion in between 1295 AD to 1316 AD. It became more popular in the Deccan plateau during and after Muhammad bin Tughluq shifted the Sultanate capital from Delhi, making the city of Daulatabad the new capital in 1327 AD. As a revolt against the Sultanate, the Bahmani Sultanate was formed in 1347 AD with
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Howrah or Ghaziabad shed. 13111 Lal Quila Express leaves Kolkata every day at 20:15 hrs IST and reaches Delhi Junction at 03:10 hrs IST on the 3rd day. 13112 Lal Quila Express leaves Delhi Junction every day at 20:50 hrs IST and reaches Kolkata at 07:30 hrs IST on the 3rd day. Lal Quila Express The 13111/13112 Lal Quila Express was an express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Kolkata and Delhi Junction in India. It operates as train number 13111 from Kolkata to Delhi Junction and as train number 13112 in the reverse direction. It is named
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known as IEEMA. In the year 2013, the president and the executive committee of IEEMA realized the need for strengthening the New Delhi office for effective advocacy and influencing public policy. To effectively meet this objective, the newly appointed Director General of IEEMA was located in New Delhi. In the past, many national industry associations, have at some point in time moved from the traditional centres of industry concentration, such as Mumbai and Kolkata, to the country’s capital, New Delhi to meet similar objectives. The registered office of IEEMA continues to be in Mumbai, with a strengthened secretariat at New
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being one of the earliest known female rulers in Indian history. The Vatsas were a branch of the Kuru dynasty. During the Rig Vedic period, the Kuru Kingdom comprised the area of Haryana/ Delhi and the Ganga-Jamuna Doab, till Prayag/ Kaushambi, with its capital at Hastinapur. During the late-Vedic period, Hastinapur was destroyed by floods, and the Kuru King shifted his capital with the entire subjects to a newly constructed capital that was called Kosambi or Kaushambi. In the post Vedic period, when Arya Varta consisted of several Mahajanpads, the Kuru Dynasty was split between Kurus and Vatsas. The Kurus
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came under British rule in 1803. The Bengal-Nagpur Railways connected Cuttack with Madras (Chennai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) in 1919. It became the capital of the newly formed state of Odisha in 1936 and continued to be so till 1948 when the capital was shifted to Bhubaneswar. The city completed one thousand years of its existence in 1989. The ruins of the old Barabati Fort lie on the right bank of the Mahanadi, in the western part of the city. All that remains of the Fort is an arched gateway and the earthen mound of the nine-storeyed palace. Archaeological surveys reveal
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while doing his doctoral research by joining the faculty of Mathematics at Ramjas College in 1944, later worked at Delhi College of Arts and Commerce and moved to Lucknow University where he worked till 1954. That year, he was appointed as the reader at the University of Delhi and stayed at the Indian capital till 1958. When Gorakhpur University invited him to head the department of Mathematics in 1958, he accepted the offer and shifted to the University of Allahabad to head the department of mathematics there. He was promoted as the dean in 1965 and in 1968, he joined
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: Old Dhaka Old Dhaka (in Bengali, পুরনো ঢাকা ) is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangir Nagar, the capital of Mughal Bengal. It is located on the banks of the Buriganga River. It was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of South Asia and the center of the worldwide muslin trade. The Nawab of Bengal shifted the capital from Dhaka to Murshidabad in the early-18th century. With the rise of Calcutta (now Kolkata) during the British rule, Dhaka began to
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Old Dhaka Old Dhaka (in Bengali, পুরনো ঢাকা ) is a term used to refer to the historic old city of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangir Nagar, the capital of Mughal Bengal. It is located on the banks of the Buriganga River. It was one of the largest and most prosperous cities of South Asia and the center of the worldwide muslin trade. The Nawab of Bengal shifted the capital from Dhaka to Murshidabad in the early-18th century. With the rise of Calcutta (now Kolkata) during the British rule, Dhaka began to decline
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After the battle of Plassey in 1757, the British started rebuilding the city with the notions of making it the capital for their Empire. The Calcutta High Court recently ruled (16 May 2003) that Job Charnock, the Englishman generally believed to be the founder of the Kolkata, is not the founder of the city and that hence Kolkata has no birthday. According to the Court, the city owes its genesis in the Maurya and Gupta period and it was an established trading post long before the Slave Dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the Portuguese, the French or the
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Road was the first school established in 1949, In 1972 it was followed by Delhi Public School, RK Puram, which is widely recognized as the flagship school of the DPSS test. All the schools of the society are affiliated to CBSE except for DPS New Town, Kolkata, DPS Mega City, Kolkata and DPS International at Singapore which are affiliated to ICSE, and DPS International, Saket, New Delhi and DPS International Singapore which are affiliated to IGCSE. Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram courted controversy when a pornographic MMS video involving two of its class XI students went viral in 2004. The
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route. Howrah-Njp Shatabdi Express which is cover the fastest train in this region. Malda Airport (IATA: LDA, ICAO: VEMH) was closed in 1972 due to the Bangladesh War. Before that there were direct daily flights from Malda to Kolkata, Delhi, and Guwahati. In 2014 direct helicopter services were started between Malda and Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, by the government of West Bengal. As of 2017 the airport is under construction and the flight service will start very soon. 2011 census, English Bazar municipality had a population of 216,083 and the metropolitan city had a population of 324,237. The
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the state capital. Gaya has a road network providing good connectivity with the state of Bihar and other parts of the country. Regular direct bus services run from Gaya to Patna, Bhagalpur, Munger, Nalanda, Rajgir, Varanasi, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Hazaribagh, Durgapur, Asansol, Kolkata and Dhanbad. In 2011, Mercedes-Benz luxury services were introduced by Bihar State Road Transport Corporation for Muzaffarpur, Patna, Munger, Bhagalpur, Motihari, Hazaribagh, Koderma, and Ramgarh. The Grand Trunk Road from Kolkata to Delhi passes some from Gaya. This road, known as National Highway 2 before 2010, is now called National Highway 19. It connects Gaya to Patna, Ranchi,
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It reaches out to almost 52% of FM radio listeners in Delhi, 44% in Mumbai,40% in Indore,35% in Jaipur,30% in Bhopal, 20% Chennai, 27% in Kolkata, 15% in Nagpur 60% in Mangaluru and 12% in Bengaluru. Radio Mirchi has started providing Visual Radio to its subscribers in Delhi from 25 July 2006 onwards and in Mumbai from September 2006. It also has started its Visual Radio service from Kolkata recently. According to the Radio Audience Measurement Reports (RAM), Radio Mirchi has been dominating in Delhi & is the leader in Mumbai and Kolkata. However, in Kolkata they are not clear
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main tribes of the Rigveda. Lord Rama, the protagonist of the Ramayana, spent time at the Ashram of Sage Bharadwaj before travelling to nearby Chitrakoot. When people first settled in what they called the Āryāvarta (or Madhyadesha), Allahabad (then Kaushambi) was an important part of their territory. The Kurus, rulers of Hastinapur (near present-day Delhi), established the town of Kaushambi near Allahabad. They shifted their capital to Kaushambi when Hastinapur was destroyed by floods. The Doab region, which includes Allahabad, was controlled by a succession of empires and dynasties. The area became part of the Maurya and Gupta Empires from
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early 1972. When the ruler of a princely state arrived at the Indian capital (originally at Calcutta (Kolkata), then at Delhi), he was greeted with a number of gun-firings. The number of these consecutive "gun salutes" changed from time to time, be increased or reduced depending on the degree of honour which the British chose to accord to a given ruler. The number of gun salutes accorded to a ruler was usually a reflection of the state of his relations with the British and/or his perceived degree of political power; a 21-gun salute was considered the highest. The King (or
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for the Calcutta tercentenary". The Calcutta gallery concept was agreed and a design was developed leading to the opening of the gallery in 1992. The Calcutta gallery houses a visual display of the history and development of Calcutta from [[Job Charnock]] (1630–1692) of the English [[East India Company]] to 1911, when the capital of India was transferred to New Delhi. The gallery also has a life-size [[diorama]] of [[Chitpur]] road in the late 1800s. The gardens at the Victoria memorial are covered of . They are maintained by a team of 21 gardeners. They were designed by Redesdale and David
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Private carrier Jet Airways of India also connects Mumbai along with Delhi and Kolkata, while United Airways of Bangladesh, connects Kolkata with Dhaka and Chittagong. Transport between India and Bangladesh Transport between India and Bangladesh bears much historical and political significance for both countries, which possessed no ground transport links for 43 years, starting with the partition of Bengal and India in 1947. The Kolkata–Dhaka Bus (1999) and the Dhaka–Agartala Bus (2001) are the primary road links between the two countries; a direct Kolkata-Agartala running through Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh is being developed by both countries. The Maitri Express
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but was allegedly sidelined when identifying potential IIESTs. It has been alleged that the government had originally picked Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, as one of the locations for an IISER, which was later shifted to Kolkata. This issue was resolved when it was decided to set up a similar institution, the National Institute for Science Education and Research (NISER), which would be funded through a separate ministry. NISER is the only such upcoming institution in Odisha, whereas other states have had similar non-HRD funded institutions for several decades. The Koraput-Balangir-Kalahandi (KBK) region of Odisha is one of the
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called it India's Manchester. Ludhiana was among the list of smart city that will be developed by government of India. According to World Bank Group Ludhiana is the best city in India to do business. Ludhiana is west of the state capital, Chandigarh, on NH 95, and is centrally located on National Highway 44, which runs from New Delhi to Amritsar. It is 315 km (194 miles) north of Delhi and 142 km (88 miles) southeast of Amritsar.It is well connected to Kolkata with GT road Ludhiana is located at . It has an average elevation of 244 metres (798
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Ahmedabad or Bangalore blasts. An E-Mail was sent to Kolkata on 29 July 2008 to bomb 8 different locations in Kolkata. Subsequently, high alert was placed in Kolkata but the E-mail turned out to be a hoax. Another E-mail was sent to the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on 30 July 2008 to bomb several locations in Delhi. The mail was soon forwarded to the Delhi Police from the Japanese Embassy and the city was placed under a Red Alert. The E-Mail threatened to bomb Sarojini Nagar which was a target in the October 2005 bombings. Further to these threats
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Mitra (Bangalore) 58 Three new venues (Pune, New Delhi and Kolkata) were added during this edition). 350 contestants attempted the quiz. The overall winner, across the eight venues, was the Chennai-based quizzer Swaminathan G., who appeared for the quiz from Kolkata. 1. Swaminathan G (Kolkata) 75 2. Saranya Jaikumar (Chennai) 70 3. Jayashree Jayakar Mohanka (Kolkata) 69 4. Samanth Subramanian (Chennai) 69 5. Shouvik Guha (Kolkata) 68 6. Anustup Datta (Bangalore) 68 7. Rajiv Rai (Chennai) 67 8. Aadisht Khanna (New Delhi) 66 9. Debashree Mitra (Bangalore) 59 10. Suresh Ramasubramaniam (Chennai) 54 Bhubaneshwar was added to the list of
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from Ahmedabad to Mumbai in just 3 hours and its ticket fare will be cheaper than air planes i.e. ₹2500-₹3000. Diamond Quadrilateral has six corridors. They are: 1. Delhi-Mumbai high-speed rail. 2. Delhi-Kolkata high-speed rail. 3. Mumbai-Chennai high-speed rail. 4. Kolkata-Chennai high-speed rail. 5. Delhi-Chennai high-speed rail. 6. Mumbai-Kolkata high-speed rail. These corridors will have following stations (estimated): Delhi-Mumbai High-Speed Rail: New Delhi (नई दिल्ली) - Dwarka (द्वारका) - Gurugram (गुरुग्राम) - Rewari (रेवाड़ी) - Kotputli (कोटपूतली) - Shahpura (शाहपुरा) - Jaipur (जयपुर) - Sambhar (संभार) - Kishangarh (किशनगढ़) - Ajmer (अजमेर) - Bijainagar (बिजयनगर) - Bhilwara (भीलवाड़ा) - Nathdwara
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Himroo Himroo is a fabric made of silk and cotton, which is grown locally in Aurangabad. Himroo was brought to Aurangabad in the reign of Mohammad Tughlaq, when he had shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad, Aurangabad. The word himroo originated from Persian word Hum-ruh which means 'similar'. Himroo is a replication of Kum-khwab, which was woven with pure golden and silver threads in olden days, and was meant for the royal families. Himroo uses Persian designs, and is very characteristic and distinctive in appearance. Himroo from Aurangabad is in demand for its unique style and design. Some historians
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Now College provides these Undergraduate Programs: Maharaja Agrasen College Maharaja Agrasen College is a college of the University of Delhi, located in Vasundhara Enclave (East Delhi), National Capital Region of Delhi. Maharaja Agrasen College was established in 1994 with the objective of catering to the educational requirements of a densely populated East Delhi. The college is fully funded by the Government of India. The college has now shifted to its modern and spacious building complex covering in Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi. It includes an auditorium, a computer centre, fully computerized library, laboratories, and a conference hall. The new building complex has
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Maharaja Agrasen College Maharaja Agrasen College is a college of the University of Delhi, located in Vasundhara Enclave (East Delhi), National Capital Region of Delhi. Maharaja Agrasen College was established in 1994 with the objective of catering to the educational requirements of a densely populated East Delhi. The college is fully funded by the Government of India. The college has now shifted to its modern and spacious building complex covering in Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi. It includes an auditorium, a computer centre, fully computerized library, laboratories, and a conference hall. The new building complex has acquired several new facilities like an
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New Delhi railway station opened ahead of the inauguration of the New Delhi as city in 1931. Agra-Delhi railway track cut through the site earmarked for the hexagonal War Memorial (now called India Gate) and Kingsway (now called Rajpath). East Indian Railway Company shifted the line along the Yamuna river and opened the new track in 1924. Before the new imperial capital New Delhi was established after 1911, the Old Delhi Railway Station served the entire city and the Agra-Delhi railway line cut through what is today called "Lutyens' Delhi" and the site earmarked for the hexagonal All-India War Memorial
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he won the prize in Outstation Golf Tournament. After graduating from high school, Raj later attended Indira Gandhi National Open University. Raj participated in several Junior National Category tournaments including Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai. When he was eleven, he participated in North-South-East & West Zonal Tournament Coimbatore, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi and was ranked 12th, 11th, 5th respectively. At age 12 he was named "Golfer of the Year" at the Patna Golf Club as the youngest "Golfer of The Year". At 13, he played several Junior National Categorized Golf Tournaments organized by Indian Golf Union and received a National
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Delhi Metro The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving Delhi and its satellite cities of Bahadurgarh, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Noida in the National Capital Region of India. By far the largest and busiest metro in India, and second oldest after the Kolkata Metro it is the world's 9th longest metro system and 16th largest by ridership. The network consists of eight colour-coded regular lines, running serving 231 stations. The system has a mix of underground, at-grade, and elevated stations using both broad-gauge and standard-gauge. Delhi Metro operates over 2,700 trips daily, starting at around 05:00 and ending
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1945 in the Indian capital of Delhi to Piara Lal Tandon and Karam Devi, completed his Senior Cambridge in 1961 and did his graduate studies (BSc hons) at Panjab University during 1961–65 after which he obtained a master's degree (MSc hons) from the same university in 1966. His doctoral studies were at the University of Delhi and after securing a PhD, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi as a lecturer in 1966. Two years later, he shifted to Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology as a scientific officer and in 1976, he returned to Delhi University as a member
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well developed. Two trains operate to Pakistan: the "Samjhauta Express" between Delhi and Lahore, and the "Thar Express" between Jodhpur and Karachi. Bangladesh is connected by the "four times a week Maitree Express" that runs from Kolkata to Dhaka and weekly "Bandhan Express" which began running commercial trips between Kolkata and Khulna in November 2017. Two rail links to Nepal exist: passenger service between Jainagar and Bijalpura and freight services between Raxaul and Birganj. Indian and Bangladeshi governments has started work on a new rail link to ease surface transport. India will build a railway linking Tripura's capital Agartala with
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Delhi as "totemic embellishments". He shifted the pillars from these places and got them erected in Delhi; the former in his new capital and the latter on the ridge, near Pir-Ghaib, his hunting palace. The first pillar was erected in the 1350s, next to the Friday mosque in the new city of Feruzabad.). Near the gate of the building that holds the Ashokan pillar, every Thursday afternoon is a kind of "djinns date", as a large number of people visit the place to either mollify or revere the "djinns" or genies (said to be a pre-Islamic belief) that are believed
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and Delhi (200 km). The nearest railhead is Bharatpur junction (35 km). Deeg is four hours by road from Delhi, two hours from Agra and one hour from Mathura. Deeg Palace Deeg Palace is a palace 32 km from Bharatpur in Rajasthan, India built in 1772 as a luxurious summer resort for the rulers of Bharatpur State. The palace was in active use till the early 1970s. Deeg was the capital of the Jat kings before they shifted to Bharatpur. Badan Singh, who came to the throne in 1721, built a palace here. Due to its strategic location and proximity
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population here is under 6 years of age. Mandideep is well connected to Railways, Roadways and Airways as it is a region of State Capital Bhopal. Raja Bhoj International Airport is just 30 km from the area which serves daily flights for Delhi, Mumbai, Indore and Raipur. Bhopal Junction railway station is just 22 km from Mandideep which serves daily trains connecting Mandideep to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Patna, Indore, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Nagpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Raipur, Dehradun, Ranchi, Jodhpur, Agra. Mandideep Railway Station is the other important railway station located south of Bhopal, and has
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the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. Officers in this organisation are drawn from Indian Revenue Service, Indian Police Service and Paramilitary forces in addition to directly recruited members. The Narcotics Control Bureau's national headquarters is located in Delhi, the national capital. Its field units and offices are organised by zones and are located in Mumbai, Indore, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Jodhpur, Chandigarh, Jammu, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, and Patna. Officers in this organisation are drawn from Indian Revenue Service, Indian Police Service and other Paramilitary
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of Delhi and Mughal emperors in succession. The first capital was Duparia, now in Shajapur District. Later on it was shifted to Dungarpur (19 km from Rajgarh) and then to Ratanpur (19 km west of Narsinghgarh) and back. In order to avoid disturbance by the frequently passing Mughal armies, the Ruler of the Estate, Mohan Singh, acquired the present side, originally known as Jhanjhanipur from the Bhils in A.D. 1640. Finally he shifted the headquarters in the year 1645, giving the place its present name. During the reign of Akbar (1556–1605) a Khilat and a Sanad were granted to Udaji
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Lal Quila Express The 13111/13112 Lal Quila Express was an express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Kolkata and Delhi Junction in India. It operates as train number 13111 from Kolkata to Delhi Junction and as train number 13112 in the reverse direction. It is named after the Red Fort which is located in Delhi. The word Lal Quila means Red Fort in Devanagari. The 13111/13112 Lal Quila Express presently has 2 AC 3 tier, 4 Sleeper Class & 5 General Unreserved coaches. In addition it also carries a Railway Mail Service coach. Slip coaches of Kolkata Giridih
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theatre, telefilms and television series in Delhi, Sengupta shifted to Mumbai in 1997. Sengupta starred in "Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa" (1998) a film by Govind Nihalani. Thereafter, Sengupta starred in number of films like "Good Boy Bad Boy" (2007), "Shakal Pe Mat Ja" (2011), "Hate Story" (2012), and "Deham", also directed by Govind Nihalani. Over the years, he has worked with theatre directors like Habib Tanvir, Safdar Hashmi, Barry John, Feroz Abbas Khan, Ramu Ramanathan and Lillete Dubey. He married former model from Kolkata, Tara in 2006. He is known for dubbing for Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain
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live performances of American rapper Pitbull and Indian film stars Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone. The season began on 3 April with the defending champions the Kolkata Knight Riders defeating the Delhi Daredevils. Kolkata would then struggle and lose five of their next six matches due to good batting performances only coming from captain Gautam Gambhir and Eoin Morgan. Delhi, who topped the group stage in 2012, had a six-match losing streak due to batting failures apart from three half-centuries from captain Mahela Jayawardene and David Warner. Both Delhi and Kolkata were positioned at the bottom of the
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Presidency University, Kolkata have organised similar protests against moral policing in Kolkata on 5 November 2014. The Kolkata chapter also protested against the authorities of north Kolkata’s Star Theatre for allegedly refusing entry to a 17-year-old girl because she was dressed in a skirt. On November 8, a group of protestors demonstrated by kissing and hugging outside RSS headquarters in Delhi. While JNU students were at the forefront, there were representatives from several universities in the city like Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Ambedkar University Delhi and National Law University. Hindu Sena members arrived on the scene stating that the
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at the same time. In the past,the winners were provided with direct professional portfolio shoots with fashion photographers, fashion designers and modelling agencies including Rohit Dhingra, Faces Model Management, Modelling India, Josh Ghoraya, Surendri. Ritambhara includes participation from several fashion and non-fashion colleges of the country like NIFT Delhi, NIFT Kolkata, INIFD Ludhiana, St. Xaviers Kolkata, Pearl Delhi and many more. University of Delhi (DU) along with colleges from states like U.P., Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana, and colleges from the Kolkata circuit. There is altogether participation from more than 50 colleges nationwide. Ritambhara has seen fashion designers, fashion photographers, models,
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which are always already assumed to be posing 'danger' to women. The initiate challenged the patriarchal ideology which imagines women only in terms of violence in the discourse of violation of security. Parallel demonstrations took place in Allahabad, Kolkata, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi, Darjeeling, Chandigarh and Patiala. Similar protests were repeated in December 2016, where women were seen in the heart of the capital, Connaught Place, New Delhi, challenging the 'cautionary lesson' to be drawn from the incident which only leads to, "Women’s bodies becoming the site of increased surveillance and control. The family, the police, the government and the university
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in people from rural areas by offering a better quality of life. As in any other Indian city, the immigrants found poverty in Kolkata as severe and dehumanising as in the villages, but was offered a relatively quick opportunity of new income through placement in the urban economy. With the partition of India in 1947, the metropolitan cities of Kolkata and Delhi were flooded by displaced persons or refugees from Pakistan. The Union government at Delhi, with better resources at its command, handled the task of rehabilitation faster and more comprehensively, than the state government in Kolkata could accomplish. Left
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the Anarkali Bazaar in Lahore. The second Sultan was Aram Shah (), who had the titular name of "Sultan" and reigned from 1210 to 1211. An elite group of forty nobles named "Chihalgani" ("the Forty") conspired against Aram Shah and invited Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, then Governor of Badaun, to replace Aram. Iltutmish defeated Aram in the plain of Jud near Delhi in 1211. It is not quite certain what became of Aram. The third Sultan was Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (), who had the titular name of "Nasir Amir-ul-Mu'minin" () and reigned from 1211 to 1236. He shifted the capital from Lahore to
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Yamuna. The work included EIR’s first tunnel at Jamalpur and first major bridge across the Son River at Arrah. During 1863–64, work progressed rapidly on the Allahabad–Kanpur–Tundla and Aligarh–Ghaziabad sections. The Yamuna bridge near Delhi was completed in 1864 and EIR established the Delhi terminus. On 1 August 1864, coaches were ferried across the Yamuna at Allahabad to allow the first through train to travel from Kolkata to Delhi. The Yamuna bridge at Allahabad opened on 15 August 1865 and in 1866 Kolkata and Delhi were directly linked. The "1 Down/2 Up Mail train", predecessor of the Kalka Mail, started
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was finished, [[King George V]] announced the transfer of the capital of India from Calcutta to [[New Delhi]]. Thus, the Victoria Memorial was built in what would be a provincial city rather than a capital. [[File:Victoria by nabarun.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Illumination.]] The Victoria Memorial was funded by Indian states, individuals of the [[British Raj]] and the British government in London. The princes and people of India responded generously to Lord Curzon's appeal for funds, and the total cost of construction of the monument, amounting to one crore, five lakhs of rupees, was entirely derived from their voluntary subscriptions. [[File:Victoria memorial 000.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Victoria Memorial]] The
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Agra Fort Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra in India. It was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal Dynasty until 1638, when the capital was shifted from Agra to Delhi. The Agra fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is about 2.5 km northwest of its more famous sister monument, the Taj Mahal. The fort can be more accurately described as a walled city. After the First Battle of Panipat in 1526, Babur stayed in the fort, in the palace of Ibrahim Lodi. He later built a baoli (step well) in
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Madhusree Dutta Madhusree Dutta was born in the industrial town of Jamshedpur, Jharkhand (then Bihar). She has studied Economics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Dramatics at National School of Drama, New Delhi. In 1987 Dutta shifted her base to Mumbai (called Bombay in 1987). Dutta was jury in Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival) Shorts in 2015 ; Feminale: International Women's Film Festival, Cologne in 2006; Message to Man International Documentary Film Festival, St. Petersburg in 2001; and was chair person of the jury in International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala in 2009; and SIGNS Festival of Digital Videos
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In the early 14th century, the Yadava dynasty, which ruled most of present-day Maharashtra, was overthrown by the Delhi Sultanate ruler Ala-ud-din Khalji. Later, Muhammad bin Tughluq conquered parts of the Deccan, and temporarily shifted his capital from Delhi to Daulatabad in Maharashtra. After the collapse of the Tughluqs in 1347, the breakaway Bahmani Sultanate governed the region for the next 150 years from Gulbarga and later from Bidar . After the break-up of the Bahamani sultanate in 1518, the Maharashtra region was split ibetween five Deccan Sultanates: Nizamshah of Ahmednagar, Adilshah of Bijapur, Qutubshah of Golkonda, Bidarshah of Bidar
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Ghutiyari Sharif, Gholadoltala Refugee Camp, South 24 Paraganas and they lived their till 1969. However, the young Byapari had left his home at the age of fourteen and undertook a number of low-paid infromal sector jobs in various cities in Assam, Lucknow, Delhi and Allahabad. After spending two years in Dandakaranya, he shifted to Kolkata in 1973. He had brief stint with the Naxals in central India. It was during his prison term, he educated himself to read. He was closely associated with the famous labour activist Shankar Guha Niyogi. He came to prominence with the publication of his influential
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Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor The Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial corridor (ADKIC) is a proposed economic corridor in India between the cities of Amritsar, Delhi and Kolkata, developed by the Government of India. It is an ambitious project aimed at developing an Industrial Zone spanning across seven states in India with benefits for 20 cities under these states.The project is intended to bring about major expansion of infrastructure and industry in the states along the route of the corridor. The corridor encompasses one of the most densely populated regions in the world and houses about 40% of India's population. This
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The Comrade The Comrade was a weekly English-language newspaper that was published and edited by Maulana Mohammad Ali between 1911 and 1914. Mohammad Ali was a forceful orator and writer, contributing articles to various newspapers including "The Times", "The Observer" and "The Manchester Guardian" before he launched "The Comrade". Produced on expensive paper, "The Comrade" quickly gained circulation and influence becoming famous even internationally, securing subscribers in several foreign countries. The paper, launched from Calcutta, shifted to Delhi, the newly announced capital of the Raj, in 1912 where the first issue of the Delhi edition appeared on 12 October. In
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Shortcut Safari Shortcut Safaari (Hindi:शॉर्टकट सफ़ारी ) is a 2014 Hindi film directed by Amitabha Singh and featuring Bollywood actor Jimmy Sheirgill. The film was initially titled "'The Trip". "Shortcut Safari" had its festival premiere at The National Children’s Film Festival (NCFF) on November 15, 2014, established by the Children's Film Society of India (CFSI) at the capital New Delhi. Amitabha Singh's debut film, "Shortcut Safari" was screened for the audience of Bengal at Nandan (Kolkata) on December 24, 2014. As part of the 4th Kolkata International Children's Film Festival, a special show of the film was organise by Shishu
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