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Delhi: Planning' Area Created by The National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985

Delhi is a city and union territory of India that has been continuously inhabited since the 6th century BC. It has served as the capital of various kingdoms and empires over its history. Delhi is currently bordered by Haryana on three sides and Uttar Pradesh to the east, and its population is over 26 million, making it one of the largest urban areas in the world. Delhi hosted several international sporting events in the 20th century and continues to be an important political and economic center in India.

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Delhi: Planning' Area Created by The National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985

Delhi is a city and union territory of India that has been continuously inhabited since the 6th century BC. It has served as the capital of various kingdoms and empires over its history. Delhi is currently bordered by Haryana on three sides and Uttar Pradesh to the east, and its population is over 26 million, making it one of the largest urban areas in the world. Delhi hosted several international sporting events in the 20th century and continues to be an important political and economic center in India.

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Delhi

Delhi officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi or NCT, is a city and a union
territory of India.It is bordered by Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh to the east. The
NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi). According to 2011 census, Delhi's
city population was about 11 million, the second highest in India after Mumbai, while the whole
NCT population was about 16.8 million, making it the world's 3rd largest city proper by
population.Delhi's urban area is now considered to extend beyond the NCT boundary to include
an estimated population of over 26 million people making it the world's second largest urban
area. As of 2016 recent estimates of the metro economy of its urban area have ranked Delhi
either the top or second most productive metro area of India.[] Delhi is the second wealthiest city
after Mumbai in India, with a total wealth of $450 billion and home to 18 billionaires and 23,000
millionaires.
Delhi has been continuously inhabited since the 6th century BC .Through most of its history,
Delhi has served as a capital of various kingdoms and empires. It has been captured, ransacked
and rebuilt several times, particularly during the medieval period, and modern Delhi is a cluster of
a number of cities spread across the metropolitan region. A union territory, the political
administration of the NCT of Delhi today more closely resembles that of a state of India, with its
own legislature, high court and an executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister. New
Delhi is jointly administered by the federal government of India and the local government of
Delhi, and is the capital of the NCT of Delhi. Delhi hosted the first and ninth Asian
Games in 1951 and 1982respectively, 1983 NAM Summit, 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup, 2010
Commonwealth Games, 2012 BRICS Summit and was one of the major host cities of the 2011
Cricket World Cup.
Delhi is also the centre of the National Capital Region (NCR), which is a unique 'interstate
regional planning' area created by the National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985

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