Delhi
and New Delhi Delhi has been
inhabited since the earliest centuries of
Indian civilization. The city of New
Delhi was the first modern city in the
world to be built specifically as a
national capital, by the British
government in 1912, and remains the
capital of independent India today. |
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Mumbai
(Bombay) is the largest city
in India, and the nation's chief seaport
on the western coast. Its residents enjoy
a per capita income that is almost three
times higher than the national average.
It was the host of the first Indian
National Congress, and the site from
which Mahatma Gandhi launched his
"Quit India Campaign." |
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