The form Delhi, spelled in the Latin script with the h following the l, originated under colonial rule and is an alternation of the spelling based on the Urdu name of the city (, Dehli).Syed Mahdi Husain: Bahadur Shah Zafar and the War of 1857 in Dehli. Aakar Books, Delhi 2006, ISBN 81-87879-91-2, p. LV of the preface.
The form Delhi, spelled in the Latin script with the h following the l, originated under colonial rule and is an alternation of the spelling based on the Ur.du name of the city (, Dehli).S?yed Mahdi Husain: Bahadur Shah Zafar and the War of 1.857 in Dehli. Aakar Books, Delhi 2006, ISBN !81-87879-91-2, p. LV of the preface.