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41 unusual facts about Delhi


Abdul Hakim Ansari

Born at Farid Abad near Delhi on July 29, 1893, his father was Hafiz Abdur Raheem and his mother Syeda Umat-ul-Aisha.

Ali Quli Khan

He was elder son of Faiz Beg Najm-i-Sani, and grandson of Nawab Mirza Muhammad Bakir Khan Najm-i-Sani, sometime Subadar of Multan, Oudh, Orissa, Gujarat and Delhi.

Amir Khan III

He was buried after four days in the mausoleum of Khalilullah Khan his grandfather which is close to the Sarai Ruhullah Khan at Delhi.

Amrita Cheema

She went to Britain after obtaining a first class B.A. and M.A. degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.

B. M. Shah

Shah was also a well regarded Sanskrit teacher at St. Columba's School, Delhi for several years, before he became Director, National School of Drama (New Delhi).

Baha-ud-din Zakariya

His descendants are found in Multan, Karor laal esun, Gujrat, Watli Distt.Chakwal, Pir Khara Distt.Jhelum, Bhera, Karuli, Attock (Pourmiana), Lahore, pail, Delhi, Meerut, Allahabad.

Bandhmati

A significant number of Bandhmati are agricultural labourers, while other often migrating to Mumbai and Delhi to work as daily wage labourers.

Delhi Ridge

In 1993, parts of north Delhi, central Delhi, south West Delhi and south Delhi covering 7,777 hectares was declared a reserve forest.

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Delhi Ridge, sometimes simply called The Ridge, is a ridge in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India.

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Delhi Development Authority and University of Delhi under a joint programme, Biodiversity Parks Programme maintains the area.

Delhi Times

It also serves as a lifestyle magazine for readers in Delhi.

Delhi, Louisiana

Charles and Sam Wyly, businessmen who endowed Wyly Tower of Learning at Louisiana Tech.

Delhi: A Novel

Some parts of the novel were also published in the Evergreen Review and The Illustrated Weekly of India.

Dyal Singh College

Dyal Singh College, Delhi, a college of University of Delhi, established in 1959, and is situated in Delhi.

G. B. Pant Engineering College, New Delhi

GBPEC covers an area of around 2 acres in Okhla Industrial Estate - III, New Delhi, India on the sidelines of Aravali Hills, adjoining the Govind Ballabh Pant Polytechnic Institute and Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology near Kalkaji Temple on Maa Anandamayi Marg, Kalkaji, New Delhi.

Himani Dalmia

She graduated with honours in English from St. Stephen's College and holds a Master's in South Asian Studies from the University of Oxford.

ILUG-Delhi

In the months of June, July and August 2006, a bio-informatics workshop was run in collaboration with JNU Bio Informatics Centre, to develop FOSS solutions in Bio-Informatics field and to nurture talent in FOSS tools and languages.

Indian states ranking by fertility rate

All the four South Indian states Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka as well as Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Sikkim, and Tripura, and the union territories of Delhi, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, Andaman and Nicobar and Chandigarh, registered a low fertility rate below the crucial 2.1.

Jagan Nath Kaul

His education continued at the Universities of the Punjab, Rajasthan and Delhi.

Kerala school

Kerala School, Delhi, a public school with branches in several parts of Delhi

Louise Ellery

This was Australia’s first gold medal in the track and field events at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games which took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.

Mahmood Khan Durrani

Captain Durrani was presented with his George Cross by Field Marshal Lord Wavell in 1946 at a special investiture ceremony held at the Red Fort, Delhi.

Manoj Srivastava

Manoj Srivastava aka Robbin was born and brought up in old Delhi, south of the famous Jama Masjid as the eldest of three brothers.

Meherji Rana

Impressed with Dastur Meherji's knowledge and personality the Emperor invited Dasturji to his court in Delhi.

Mir Khalil ur Rehman

In 1940, when he was still a student, he started a newspaper for Muslims in pre-partition Hindustan fighting in World War II in Delhi.

Mir Taqi Mir

Khushwant Singh's famous novel Delhi: A Novel gives very interesting details about the fictional life and adventures of the great poet.

Natasha Rastogi

She skipped the clichéd course in drama/acting and broadened her artistic vision by doing bachelor's in art from College of Art, Delhi.

Nehru Park

Nehru Park, Delhi (established 1969), at Chanakyapuri, in New Delhi

Nickiesha Wilson

In the Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010, she won bronze medal in 400m hurdles on October 10.

Nigel Hankin

They featured sights such as hidden bazaars and Hankin's walk and talk through Coronation Park.

Raj Mathur

Raj Mathur was a founding member of the Indian Linux Users Group, Delhi(ILUG-Delhi).

Rajmohan Gandhi

He attended St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, India.

René-Marie Madec

When that prince was defeated at Delhi by the Mahrattas, Madec rejoined his own countrymen in Puducherry, where he took an active part in the defence of the town (1778).

Robin Raina

The foundation is presently carrying out the largest private charity home building initiative in the Indian sub-continent, in terms of building 6000 homes, free of cost, for the slum dwellers of Delhi.

Sali Noyan

In 1257 the governor of Sindh offered his entire province to Hulagu Khan, Mongke's brother, and sought Mongol protection from his overlord in Delhi.

Salil Oberoi

Oberoi is a Rhodes Scholar and an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi, where he studied Economics between 2001 and 2004.

Sanadhya Brahmin

Sanadya Brahmin or Sanadh Brahmin, or Sanah Brahmin or Sanidya Brahmin are a community of Brahmins, living prominently in Delhi,Western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh area of India.

Sanjay Jain

He obtained his PhD in Economics from the Princeton University in 1995, M.A. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University in 1989 and B.A. (Honours) in Economics from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi in 1986.

Utpal Banerjee

He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, India and obtained his Master of Science degree in Physical Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

Vinod Thomas

After completing his Bachelor's degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, Vinod went on to acquire a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and authored numerous books, articles, and reports.

Yagyadutt Sharma

Born in a Brahmin family of Zamindars, in Faridnagar, Uttar Pradesh,He was a post graduate topper in Hindi literature from Allahabad University (1941),He had a love of writing,he shifted to Delhi in 1942 with his patriotic thoughts and non political writings.


Allan Watkins

During that tour, Watkins battled his way to a nine hour long, unbeaten 137, in Delhi, his best Test score.

Alyssa Mendonsa

Alyssa Mendonsa (born c. 1990 in Delhi) is an Indian playback singer who has made her debut in the film Karthik Calling Karthik with the song "Uff Teri Adaa".

Angharad Mason

Mason represented Wales in the women's road race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Babyji

In Babyji, Dawesar paints a Delhi of crime, rape, dirt, blackouts, backwardness, residual colonialism, domestic violence, and arranged marriages, a city where promising young people often see their only option as going to the United States, thus contributing to the brain drain and setting in motion a vicious circle.

Balharshah railway station

With the completion of the Kazipet-Balharshah link in 1929, Chennai was directly linked to Delhi.

Bega Begum

Before starting, she made arrangements for building at her own cost her husband's mausoleum at Delhi.

Benoy K. Behl

Benoy K. Behl was born in New Delhi on 10 September 1956 and has a B.A. (Honours in English) degree from the University of Delhi (1973–76).

Bhima Bhoi

Bäumer, Bettina and Johannes Beltz 2010 (eds.), Verses from the Void: Mystic poetry of an Oriya saint, New Delhi: Manohar Publishers.

Deepa Sahi

An alumnus of National School of Drama, Delhi, Sahi started off with a theater career, with strong Leftist leanings and social activism a core value of the productions she was involved with.

Delhi conspiracy case

The Delhi Conspiracy case, also known as the Delhi-Lahore Conspiracy, refers to a conspiracy in 1912 to assassinate the then Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, on the occasion of transferring the capital of British India from Calcutta to New Delhi.

Delhi Sultanate

Qutb-ud-din Aibak, a former slave (Mamluk-Cuman-Kipchak) of Muhammad Ghori, was the first sultan of Delhi and his dynasty managed to conquer large areas of northern India.

Delhi–Lahore Bus

The bus stops for meals and refreshment at Wagah and at the towns of Pipli (A small town on outskirts of Kurukshetra), Sirhind and Kartarpur in India.

Delhi, Colorado

Delhi was the location of one scene in the 1973 film "Badlands" with Martin Sheen.

Garden of Five Senses

The Garden of Five Senses is a park spread over 20 acres, in Saidul Ajaib village, opposite Saket, near the Mehrauli heritage area in Delhi, India.

Henry Medd

Post inauguration of New Delhi, when most of architects left, he stayed on, designed may more buildings and eventually remained, Chief Architect to the Government of India (1939–47).

Himalayas

Aitken, Bill, Footloose in the Himalaya, Delhi, Permanent Black, 2003.

History of Ranchi district

Later Jahangir, the son of Akbar sent his forces under the leadership of the Governor of Bihar, Ibrahim Khan and captivated the forty-fifth Kokrah chief, Durjan Sal to Delhi and later to Gwalior for a period of twelve years.

Institute of International Education

Current REACs are located in the following cities around the world: Lima, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Budapest, Kyiv, Bratislava, Amman, Accra, Johannesburg, Lahore, Delhi, Beijing, Tokyo, and Kuala Lumpur.

Jalandhar district

During the Sayyid dynasty (1414–1451) Delhi's authority waned and the area was theater of numerous rebel movements and especially the head Khokhar Jasrath.

Jama Masjid, Delhi

The Jama Masjid's floorplan is very similar to the Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, but the Jama Masjid in Delhi is the bigger and more imposing of the two.

Janardan Dwivedi

On 6 June 2011, during a press conference in Delhi he criticized Swami Ramdev and the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Jaypee Group

2012–Yamuna Expressway-New Delhi NOIDA -Agra Express eight-lane highway.

K. V. Akshara

After attending primary education at Heggodu village and Sagar town, he studied theatre at National School of Drama, New Delhi and at Workshop Theatre, University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.

Kali for Women

When they decided to take this step, Butalia had worked with Oxford University Press and Zed Books in Delhi, while Ritu Menon was a well known scholar.

Kamleshwar

By late 1970s, he had made his first short TV film the “Jamuna Bazar”, near river Yamuna in Delhi, and soon switched to television scriptwriting, and eventually became the 'Additional Director General' of Doordarshan, India's national television channel, (1980–82), during his tenure, in a matter of 24 months, the entire nation was connected with television network.

Khushbir Singh Shaad

He has been participating in many Mushaira(s) of note such as Jashn-e-Bahar Delhi, Indo-Pak Friendship Mushaira, Dallas International Mushaira.

M. S. A. Rao

Prior to involvement at the University of Delhi, Rao had studied at the University of Bombay and it was there that he formed a lifelong association with G. S. Ghurye.

Madhavan K. Palat

National Defence University, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi.

Makhanalal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communication

It also has campuses in Noida,Meerut Uttar Pradesh (adjoining Delhi) and at Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh supported by a network of 529 study institutes (as on March 31, 2005) throughout India and Nepal.

Mirza Aziz Koka

He built his tomb, Chausath Khamba, literally 64 pillars, during 1623–24, near the Nizamuddin Dargah shrine complex in Delhi.

Muhammad Shah

After entering Delhi, Nadir Shah claimed to occupy the Mughal Empire out of religious devotion and that if "the wretched Marathas of the Deccan" moved towards Delhi, he might "send an army of victorious Qizilbash to drive them to the abyss of Hell".

Nalini Ambady

A native of the state of Kerala, India, Ambady did her schooling at the Lawrence School, Lovedale, and joined college at the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi.

Naya Kashmir

The actual writing of this memorandum took place in "Delhi Hotel" at Lahore and at Mr.Bedi's residence at Model Town Lahore.

Nellie Sengupta

In 1931 she suffered four months' imprisonment at Delhi for addressing an unlawful assembly.

Online book rental in India

Cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata and Ahmedabad have small start-ups with a few thousand books in their collections.

Param Vir

Born in Delhi into a family life permeated with Indian classical music, Param Vir's strong interest in music developed as a teenager when attending a Roman Catholic secondary school and had informal lessons from composer Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, then resident in India.

Sansad Ratna Award

Delhi based NGO PRS Legislative Research closely monitors the performance of all the Members of Parliament and releases the data of their individual performances in the areas of: participation of debates, raising questions, introduction of Private Members Bills and attendance at the end of every session.

Shaikh Sama'al-Din Kamboh

The mazar of Hazrat Shaikh Sama'al-Din is located in Delhi where the Zubairies of Panipat used to assemble every year for offering Fateha in pre-independence days.

Shanti Devi

Shanti Devi (11 December 1926 – 27 December 1987) was born in Delhi, India.

Skybus Metro

Cities such as Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Pune, Ranchi, Shimla, Thane etc. are considering Sky Bus although the system has not been adopted anywhere.

Sufi saints of Aurangabad

Shah Nasir ud din or Shah Nasir Alla Kadar was instructed by Said ud din of Delhi to accompany Burhan ud din to the Dakhan on a religious mission.

Suresh Raina

Raina decided to play cricket in 2000, and moved from his city Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (near New Delhi) to Lucknow, to attend the specialist government Sports College.

Swami Keshwanand

Thakarsi, who used to escort prosperous Seths (Businessman) from Ratangarh to Delhi on his camel, died in 1890 when Birama was seven.

Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi

# International Seminar on Mulla Sadra at Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with the Ministry of Irshaad (Moral Guidance) - Delhi - 1992

Tata Marcopolo

Tata Marcopolo products are currently being used or inducted in several Indian cities as part of the local transports fleet like Ahmedabad, Delhi, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Mysore, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Chandigarh, Pune, South Kanpur, Kochi, Madurai, Hyderabad, Thane, Trivandrum etc.

The Vinyl Records

Tekseng earned a University degree in English from Miranda House, Delhi

Yoginder Sikand

He was a Reader in Department of Islamic Studies at Hamdard University, New Delhi, and then Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.