<P> The States Reorganisation Act , 1956 and the States Reorganisation Act , 1956 created the Union Territory of Delhi from the its predecessor the Chief Commissioner 's Province of Delhi . The Constitution ( Sixty - ninth Amendment ) Act , 1991 declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as the National Capital Territory of Delhi . The Act gave Delhi its own legislative assembly along Civil lines , though with limited powers . </P>
<P> The States Reorganisation Act , 1956 and the States Reorganisation Act , 1956 created the Union Territory of Delhi from the its predecessor the Chief Commissioner 's Province of Delhi . The Constitution ( Sixty - ninth Amendment ) Act , 1991 declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as the National Capital Territory of Delhi . The Act gave Delhi its own legislative assembly along Civil lines , though with limited powers . </P>
when was delhi designated the national capital territory
when was delhi designated the national capital territory
1991
1991