From Ghalib’s Dilli to Lutyen’s New Delhi: A Documentary Record
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
0198084994, 9780198084990
Length
xliii+296p., 25cm. + 1 CD-ROM.
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Coinciding with the centenary year of what is now known as New Delhi, this collection of documents illuminates the infant capital's evolution between the years of 1911 and 1914. It includes letters, reports, and memoranda that describe the initial hurdles encountered - administrative, financial, legal, military, and interest group-based - in establishing a new capital city. By bringing together official government correspondence, this volume captures some of the ...
