City Pulse

In pictures | Delhi

November 23, 2015
  • India Gate (All India War Memorial), located along Rajpath, was built in memory of 82,000 soldiers of the British army who fought and died in the First World War -- designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens

  • Inscription on the monument in memory of the Indian soldiers who fought in the First World War.

  • Spread over 90 acres - one of the many beautiful gardens in Delhi - Lodhi Gardens is a testimony to the architecture of the 15th Century Lodhis.

  • Constructed in 1547, the tomb of Mughal emperor Humayun is the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent.

  • The Lotus Temple completed in 1986 - one of the many tourist attractions in the national capital - is a Bahai place of worhsip.

  • Over the years, the Delhi Metro has more or less helped solve traffic congestion in the National Capital Region.

  • A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Qutub Minar is a 74-meter tall brick minaret, the tallest of brick minarets in the world. The construction of the Qutub complex dates back to 1200.

  • The residence of the Mughal emperor for nearly 200 ye

Collection of images from the National Capital Region & New Delhi.