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DELHI

CAPITAL
New Delhi (Yamuna River)
ESTABLISHED
February 1, 1992
CHIEF MINISTER
Arvind Kejiriwal
GOVERNOR
Anil Baijal
RULING PARTY
Aam Admi Party (AAP)
HIGH COURT
Delhi, 1966
STATE ANIMAL
Nilgai
STATE BIRD
House Sparrow
STATE TREE
Flamboyant
STATE FLOWER
Alfalfa
STATE FRUIT
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STATE EMBLEM
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STATE SONG
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STATE SPORT
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STATE LANGUAGE(S)
Hindi (State Language), Punjabi, Urdu, English
STATE DANCE(S)

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BOUNDARY STATES (2)
  1. 1Haryana
  2. 2Uttar Pradesh
AREA

1484 sq. km (2nd), Density: 11,297 per sq km

POPULATION

1,67,87,941 (1st), Male = 89,87,326 & Female = 78,00,615 Male : Female = 1000 : 866

LITERACY

87.40%

ASSEMBLY

70

LOK SABHA

7

RAJYA SABHA

3

TRIBES

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FESTIVALS
  1. 1Diwali
  2. 2Mahavir Jayanti
  3. 3Guru Nayak Jayanti
  4. 4Durga Puja
  5. 5Holi
  6. 6Raksha Bandhan
  7. 7Chauth
  8. 8Krishna Janmastami
  9. 9Maha Shivaratri
  10. 10Eid ul – Fitr
  11. 11Moharram
  12. 12Buddha Jayanti
  13. 13Lohri
DISTRICTS (11)
  1. 1Central Delhi
  2. 2East Delhi
  3. 3New Delhi
  4. 4North Delhi
  5. 5North East Delhi
  6. 6North West Delhi
  7. 7South West Delhi
  8. 8South Delhi
  9. 9South East Delhi
  10. 10West Delhi
  11. 11Shadara
MAIN CITIES
  1. 1New Delhi
  2. 2Palam
  3. 3Mehrauli
  4. 4Shahdara
  5. 5Alipur
  6. 6Badaali
  7. 7Nazafgarh
  8. 8Narela

TEMPLES/CHURCH/MASJID:

#Temple/Church/MasjidLocation
1Lotus Temple---
2Akshardham Temple---
3Laxmi Narayan Temple---

INDUSTRIES:

#Industry/Company NameYearLocation
1--------

POWER PLANTS:

#Power Plant NameYearLocation
1Bhagalpur Thermal Power Plant------
RIVERS
  1. 1Yamuna

LAKES:

#Lake NameRiverLocation
1------------

PROJECTS/DAMS:

#Project/Dam NameRiverLocation
1-----------

WATERFALLS/VALLEY/CAVES:

#NameLocation
1------

PORTS:

#Port NameLocation
1 -------

HILLS/VALLEY/CAVES:

#NameLocation
1-------

BIOSPHERE RESERVES:

Nil

TIGER RESERVES:

Nil

NATIONAL PARKS:

Nil

WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES:

#NameYearLocation
1Asola Bhatti (Indira Priyadarsini)W.L.S1992Delhi
2Nazafgarh Drain Bird Sanctuary---Delhi

ZOO PARKS/MUSEUM:

#Zoo Park/Museum NameLocation
1National Rail MuseumNew Delhi
2National Sports MuseumNew Delhi
3National War MemorialNew Delhi
4National Tribal MuseumNew Delhi
5Indian Airforce MuseumNew Delhi
6National Police MuseumNew Delhi

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS:

#Airport NameCityCategory
1Indira Gandhi International AirportDelhi NCRInternational

AIRPORTS:

#Airport NameCityCategory
1Safdarjung AirportSafdarjungDomestic

IIT/IIM/NIT/IIIT/AIIMS:

#NameLocation
1All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)New Delhi
2Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)---

UNIVERSITIES:

#University NameLocation
1Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityNew Delhi
2Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha UniversityNew Delhi
3Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityNew Delhi
4Jamia Hamdard UniversityNew Delhi
5South Asian (SAARC) UniversityNew Delhi
6The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI) University---

STADIUMS:

#Stadium NameLocation
1Feroz Shah Kotla Ground (Cricket)---
2Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium (Cricket & Football)---
FAMOUS PERSONS
  1. 1Anna Hazare – Abinava Gandhi
  2. 2N Krishna Nair – Delhi Gandhi

MISCELLANEOUS:

Lotus Temple (Temple with a flower like design), Gandhi Sadan (Birla House – where Gandhiji was assassinated in 1948), Rajghat (Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi on the bank of Yamuna river), Red Fort (a red stone structure built by Sha Jahan on the bank of Yamuna river), Shaktisthal (Samadhi of Indira Gandhi), Qutab Minar, India Gate, Shantivan (Samadhi of Jawahar Lal Nehru), Vir Bhumi (Samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi), Vijay Ghat (Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri), Humayun’s Tomb

New Delhi

  • 1City of Rallies

New Delhi

  • 1All India Malaria Research Institute
  • 2All India Institute of Ayurveda
  • 3All India Football Federation (AIFF)
  • 4Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
  • 5Indian Institute of Mass Communications
  • 6Central Road Research Institute
  • 7Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre
  • 8National Institute of Communicable Diseases
  • 9Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
  • 10The Indian Council of Agriculture Research
  • 11National Physical Laboratory
  • 12Indian Council of Medical Research
  • 13Vallabhai Patel Chest Institute
  • 14International Institute of Hotel Management
  • 15Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
  • 16Indian Agricultural Research Institute
  • 17Indian Council of Food & Agricuture
  • 18Northern Railway Headquarters
  • 19Indian Agricultural Research Institute
  • 20Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
  • 21Indian Institute of Mass Communication
  • 22Indian Statistical Institute
  • 23Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences
  • 24National Institute of Fashion Technology
  • 25National Museum Institute of the History of Art, Conservation & Museology
  • 26National University of Educational Planning & Administration
  • 27School of Planning and Architecture
  • 28Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha
  • 29Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN)
  • 30National School of Drama
  • 31National Defence College
  • 32National Data Centre of National Informatics Centre = New Delhi + Hyderabad + Pune +Bubaneshwar
  • 33India International Convention & Expo Centre (IICC)
  • 34National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT)
  • 35Cyber Prevention Awareness and Detection (CYPAD) Centre
  • 36National Yoga Olympiad of School Children
  • 37National Consumer Disputes Reddressal Commission (NCDRC)
  • 38UIDAI Aadhar Seva Kendra
  • 39National Centre for Agricultural Economics and Policy Research
  • 40Food Corporation of India (FCI)
  • 41National Rail Museum
  • 42Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)