20 interesting facts about our motherland India.
1. The British shifted the capital from Kolkata to Delhi way back in 1911 – 12!
2. As the largest commercial centre in the country, it sees 1,440,000 people go to work every single day!
3. Delhi has over 50 fire brigade stations with over 3000 fire fighters on call every day.
4. With 11 political zones, Delhi has 95 police stations to take care of the law and order situation.
5. After Eden Garden in Kolkata, Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi is the oldest stadium in our country.
6. In all of India, Delhi has the largest number of automobile registrations.
7. The Delhi Metro, which covers a distance of nearly 277 km, is one of the largest networks in the entire world. According to Delhi Metro’s official website, it has helped in removing around seven lakh vehicles from the streets of Delhi.
8. The Indira Gandhi International Airport is one of the busiest airports in all of South Asia. It sees hundreds of flights taking off and landing in a single day.
9. Delhi has seen civilization, politics, and commerce since the 6th century BC, which also explains why it has been destroyed and ransacked so many times in the past!
10. Delhi’s entire public transport system uses CNG or compressed natural gas as its fuel.
11. Sanitation is clearly on everyone’s mind here as Delhi has the only International Toilet Museum in India.
12. Khari Baoli in Delhi is one of the largest spice market yards in all of Asia. Delhi has a number of niche markets like this.
13. Out of the 14 original gates of the walled city of old Delhi, 5 can still be seen in their original beauty.
14. 20% of the city’s landmass still accommodates forests and parks which makes it one of the greenest cities in the country.
15. New Delhi is called Lutyen’s Delhi after the British architect Edwin Lutyen who planned this part of the city.
16. The Qutub Minar in Delhi is the tallest brick minaret in the world and also one of the most visited tourist spots.
17. You can find the largest number of bird species here, after Nairobi.
18. Delhi offers the world the fifth most expensive office spaces. One will really have to search and bargain to get even the smallest office space here.
19. Completed in 1986, Lotus Temple in Delhi is the only place of worship of the Baha’i community in South Asia. The Lotus Temple is open to people of all faiths.
20. The high court is arranging for a comparative study of plying of trams and electric-buses to explore the viability of reintroduction of trams in Delhi.
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