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.geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ramlila_Maidan&params=28.641892_N_77.230698_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°38′31″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°13′51″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.641892°N 77.230698°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">28.641892; 77.230698</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">209 m (686 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public transit</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><span 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href="/wiki/File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg/30px-Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg/45px-Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg/60px-Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="415" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Railway">Indian Railway</a> <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="New Delhi Railway Station">New Delhi Railway Station</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parking</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>Yes</li> <li>May be or not</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Multipurpose Ground</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Seating_capacity" title="Seating capacity">Capacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Approximately 25000 to 30000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Field shape</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Square" title="Square">Square</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Area" title="Area">Acreage</a></th><td class="infobox-data">10 acres (0.040 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">Soil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grass" class="mw-redirect" title="Grass">Grass</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current use</th><td class="infobox-data category"> <ul><li>Annual Ramlila Programme</li> <li>It is used for religious festivals, major political rallies and meetings, and entertainment events</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ccc">Construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">1883<span class="noprint"> (142 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1883</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rebuilt</th><td class="infobox-data">1930<span class="noprint"> (95 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1930</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1930–present</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ramlila Maidan</b> also <b>Ramlila Ground</b> is a large ground located in <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, traditionally used for staging the annual <a href="/wiki/Ramlila" title="Ramlila">Ramlila</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is used for <a href="/wiki/Religious_festival" title="Religious festival">religious festivals</a>, major <a href="/wiki/Political_rallies" class="mw-redirect" title="Political rallies">political rallies</a> and meetings, and <a href="/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">entertainment</a> events. It is located near <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="New Delhi Railway Station">New Delhi Railway Station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Gate_(Delhi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Delhi Gate (Delhi)">Delhi Gate</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramlila_Maidan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ramlila Maidan was originally a large pond before 1930. It was filled up in the early 1930s so that annual <a href="/wiki/Ramlila" title="Ramlila">Ramlila</a>, held in October, could be shifted here from the <i>reti</i> (sandy) floodplains of <a href="/wiki/Yamuna_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Yamuna River">Yamuna River</a> behind the <a href="/wiki/Red_Fort" title="Red Fort">Red Fort</a>, where Hindu soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal army</a> first started staging the Ramila in the 1800s. Geographically the ground falls between the <a href="/wiki/Old_Delhi" title="Old Delhi">Old Delhi</a> and the <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>. The historic <a href="/wiki/Turkman_Gate" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkman Gate">Turkman Gate</a> of the Old city stands nearby, and the ground stretches between Aruna Asaf Ali Marg and <a href="/wiki/Chowringhee_Road" title="Chowringhee Road">Jawaharlal Nehru Road</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lutgendorf1991_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lutgendorf1991-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mint_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mint-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It quickly became a popular site for political meetings, with <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sardar_Patel" class="mw-redirect" title="Sardar Patel">Sardar Patel</a> and other top nationalist leaders addressing rallies here. A small pond is still there inside the Ramlila ground as a remembrance of its history. </p><p>Ramlila hosted here has been frequently visited by the members of the prominent <a href="/wiki/Nehru-Gandhi_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="Nehru-Gandhi Family">Nehru-Gandhi Family</a> including <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_events">Historical events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramlila_Maidan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramlila_Dasratha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Ramlila_Dasratha.jpg/200px-Ramlila_Dasratha.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Ramlila_Dasratha.jpg/300px-Ramlila_Dasratha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Ramlila_Dasratha.jpg/400px-Ramlila_Dasratha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption> A scene from annual <a href="/wiki/Ramlila" title="Ramlila">Ramlila</a> at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi, 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1961, then prime minister <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> held a public gathering welcoming <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> during her state visit to India.<sup id="cite_ref-mint_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mint-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Republic_Day_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic Day of India">Republic Day</a>, 1963 after India's defeat in <a href="/wiki/Indo-China_War_of_1962" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-China War of 1962">Indo-China war</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> sang the patriotic song, "<a href="/wiki/Aye_Mere_Watan_Ke_Logo" title="Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo">Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo</a>" in the presence of Nehru.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mint_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mint-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years later in 1965, at public gathering here, then prime minister <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> gave his slogan <a href="/wiki/Jai_Jawan_Jai_Kisan" title="Jai Jawan Jai Kisan">Jai Jawan Jai Kisan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mint_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mint-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jayaprakash_Narayan" title="Jayaprakash Narayan">Jayaprakash Narayan</a> along with prominent Opposition leaders, addressed a mammoth rally with over a lakh people participating on 25 June 1975. This was the first protest in Ramlila Maidan, which was against <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>'s government.<sup id="cite_ref-Tryst_with_history_and_cries_for_freedom_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tryst_with_history_and_cries_for_freedom-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was Jayaprakash Narayan last rally before he was arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-Tryst_with_history_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tryst_with_history-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Just after <a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)" title="The Emergency (India)">Emergency</a> situation was removed in India, in February 1977, several anti-Congress(opposition) leaders came on a common platform to form <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>. The Joint rally was held at Ramlila and was led by several opposition leaders <a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a>. Since Vajpayee had by then already acquired the reputation of a master orator, large crowds turned up to listen to him, as also the other speakers. The rally also a large number of Muslims had turned up to hear the <a href="/wiki/Shahi_Imam" title="Shahi Imam">Shahi Imam</a>, Bukhari Senior, who had extended their backing to the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ramlila_Ground:_Tryst_with_history_and_cries_for_freedom_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ramlila_Ground:_Tryst_with_history_and_cries_for_freedom-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_anti-corruption_movement" title="2011 Indian anti-corruption movement">2011 anti corruption demonstration</a> of <a href="/wiki/Anna_Hazare" title="Anna Hazare">Anna Hazare</a> and the 2013 as well as the 2015 oath ceremony of the Delhi chief minister <a href="/wiki/Arvind_Kejriwal" title="Arvind Kejriwal">Arvind Kejriwal</a> also took place at the Ramlila Maidan.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_events">Recent events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramlila_Maidan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recent events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:People_Gathered_at_Ramlila_maidan_on_Anna_Hazare%27s_Fast.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/People_Gathered_at_Ramlila_maidan_on_Anna_Hazare%27s_Fast.jpg/200px-People_Gathered_at_Ramlila_maidan_on_Anna_Hazare%27s_Fast.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/People_Gathered_at_Ramlila_maidan_on_Anna_Hazare%27s_Fast.jpg/300px-People_Gathered_at_Ramlila_maidan_on_Anna_Hazare%27s_Fast.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/People_Gathered_at_Ramlila_maidan_on_Anna_Hazare%27s_Fast.jpg/400px-People_Gathered_at_Ramlila_maidan_on_Anna_Hazare%27s_Fast.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>People Gathered at Ramlila maidan on Anna Hazare's Fast.</figcaption></figure> <p>Ramlila Maidan was also venue for <a href="/wiki/Swami_Ramdev" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Ramdev">Swami Ramdev</a> for his indefinite hunger strike on 4 June 2011 to bring back the black money stashed in tax havens abroad,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which saw 65,000 odd supporters. However, the event came to highlight when <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Police" title="Delhi Police">Delhi Police</a> on 6 June along with a large police force lobbed <a href="/wiki/Tear_gas" title="Tear gas">tear gas</a> shells, burned the place and <a href="/wiki/Lathicharge" class="mw-redirect" title="Lathicharge">lathi charged</a> the crowd at 1 am (IST) to evict them.<sup id="cite_ref-TOI2011-06-05_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI2011-06-05-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2011 again saw anti-corruption protests in the month of August; this time from the activist <a href="/wiki/Anna_Hazare" title="Anna Hazare">Anna Hazare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The month of November of the same year saw another gathering, this time mainly from the minorities under the banner <a href="/wiki/Social_Justice_conference" title="Social Justice conference">Social Justice conference</a>. The conference sought to build the nation on the ideals of social justice that the nation was lacking even after 6 decades of independence.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2021, ICU facilities were created in the place and vacant Ramlila ground in East Delhi, as the city was running out of ICU(Intensive Care Unit) beds and lot of fresh Covid-19 cases being reported continuously.<sup id="cite_ref-Ground_Ref1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ground_Ref1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramlila_Maidan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramlila_Maidan_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramlila Maidan protests">Ramlila Maidan protests</a> - Protests in June 2011 at Ramlila maidan.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_anti-corruption_movement" title="2011 Indian anti-corruption movement">2011 Indian anti-corruption movement</a> - Protests in August 2011 at Ramlila maidan.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Justice_conference" title="Social Justice conference">Social Justice conference</a> - Ramlila : Convergence ground for Social Justice</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramlila_Maidan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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the Indian subcontinent">Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Sultanate" title="Delhi Sultanate">Delhi Sultanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mamluk_dynasty_(Delhi)" title="Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)">Mamluk dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalji_dynasty" title="Khalji dynasty">Khalji dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tughlaq_dynasty" title="Tughlaq dynasty">Tughlaq dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayyid_dynasty" title="Sayyid dynasty">Sayyid dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodi_dynasty" title="Lodi dynasty">Lodi dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sher_Shah_Suri" title="Sher Shah Suri">Sher Shah Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Delhi" title="Old Delhi">Old Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maratha_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha Empire">Maratha Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British 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Corporation of Delhi">Municipal Corporation of Delhi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Delhi" title="List of chief ministers of Delhi"> Chief Minister of Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Delhi" title="List of lieutenant governors of Delhi"> Lieutenant Governor of Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Cantonment" title="Delhi Cantonment"> President of Delhi Cantonment Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_Municipal_Council" title="New Delhi Municipal Council"> Chairman of New Delhi Municipal Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_(India)" title="Mayor (India)"> Mayors of Municipal Corporations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Appellate_court" title="Appellate court"> Appellate courts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India">Supreme Court of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_High_Court" title="Delhi High Court">Delhi High Court</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India"> GoI agencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Police" title="Delhi Police">Delhi Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Development_Authority" title="Delhi Development Authority">Delhi Development Authority</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Delhi" title="Government of Delhi"> GNCTD agencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Commission_for_Women" title="Delhi Commission for Women">Delhi Commission for Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Jal_Board" title="Delhi Jal Board">Delhi Jal Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Vidyut_Board" title="Delhi Vidyut Board">Delhi Vidyut Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Fire_Service" title="Delhi Fire Service">Delhi Fire Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Transport_Corporation" title="Delhi Transport Corporation">Delhi Transport Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Directorate_of_Education" title="Delhi Directorate of Education">Delhi Directorate of Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Urban_Shelter_Improvement_Board" title="Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board"> DUSIB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Tourism_and_Transportation_Development_Corporation" title="Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation"> DTTDC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autonomous bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_State_Election_Commission" title="Delhi State Election Commission">Delhi State Election Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places of interest</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government buildings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Parliament House/Sansad Bhavan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_House,_New_Delhi" title="Parliament House, New Delhi">Parliament House, New Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Parliament_House,_New_Delhi" title="Old Parliament House, New Delhi">Old Parliament House, New Delhi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtrapati_Bhavan" title="Rashtrapati Bhavan">Rashtrapati Bhavan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historic sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agrasen_Ki_Baoli" title="Agrasen Ki Baoli">Agrasen Ki Baoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashokan_Edicts_in_Delhi" title="Ashokan Edicts in Delhi">Ashokan Edicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bara_Gumbad" title="Bara Gumbad">Bara Gumbad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barakhamba" title="Barakhamba">Barakhamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunder_Nursery" title="Sunder Nursery">Central Park (Sunder Nursery)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chausath_Khamba" title="Chausath Khamba">Chausath Khamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chor_Minar" title="Chor Minar">Chor Minar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coronation_Park,_Delhi" title="Coronation Park, Delhi">Coronation Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feroz_Shah_Kotla" title="Feroz Shah Kotla">Feroz Shah Kotla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gates_of_Delhi" title="Gates of Delhi">Gates of Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauz-i-Shamsi" title="Hauz-i-Shamsi">Hauz-i-Shamsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauz_Khas_Complex" title="Hauz Khas Complex">Hauz Khas Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hijron_Ka_Khanqah" title="Hijron Ka Khanqah">Hijron Ka Khanqah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humayun%27s_Tomb" title="Humayun's Tomb">Humayun's Tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahanpanah" title="Jahanpanah">Jahanpanah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jahaz_Mahal" title="Jahaz Mahal">Jahaz Mahal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamali_Kamali_Mosque_and_Tomb" title="Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb">Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jantar_Mantar,_New_Delhi" title="Jantar Mantar, New Delhi">Jantar Mantar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirki_Mosque" title="Khirki Mosque">Khirki Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotus_Temple" title="Lotus Temple">Lotus Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehrauli" title="Mehrauli">Mehrauli complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metcalfe_House" title="Metcalfe House">Metcalfe House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moth_ki_Masjid" class="mw-redirect" title="Moth ki Masjid">Moth ki Masjid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purana_Qila" title="Purana Qila">Purana Qila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qila_Rai_Pithora" title="Qila Rai Pithora">Qila Rai Pithora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qutb_Minar_complex" title="Qutb Minar complex">Qutb Minar complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Fort" title="Red Fort">Red Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salimgarh_Fort" title="Salimgarh Fort">Salimgarh Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shish_Gumbad" title="Shish Gumbad">Shish Gumbad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siri_Fort" title="Siri Fort">Siri Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultan_Ghari" title="Sultan Ghari">Sultan Ghari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teen_Murti_Bhavan" title="Teen Murti Bhavan">Teen Murti Bhavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Isa_Khan" title="Tomb of Isa Khan">Tomb of Isa Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Safdar_Jang" title="Tomb of Safdar Jang">Tomb of Safdar Jang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tughlaqabad_Fort" title="Tughlaqabad Fort">Tughlaqabad Fort</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Memorials<br />and museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/India_Gate" title="India Gate">India Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Police_Memorial_(India)" title="National Police Memorial (India)">National Police Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_War_Memorial_(India)" title="National War Memorial (India)">National War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_Ghat_and_associated_memorials" title="Raj Ghat and associated memorials">Raj Ghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_of_Truth" title="Wall of Truth">Wall of Truth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashtrapati_Bhavan_Museum" title="Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum">Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force_Museum,_Palam" title="Indian Air Force Museum, Palam">Indian Air Force Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Rail_Museum,_New_Delhi" title="National Rail Museum, New Delhi">National Rail Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_neighbourhoods_of_Delhi" title="List of neighbourhoods of Delhi">Neighbourhoods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chanakyapuri" title="Chanakyapuri">Chanakyapuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Lines,_Delhi" title="Civil Lines, Delhi"> Civil Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauz_Khas" title="Hauz Khas">Hauz Khas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karol_Bagh" title="Karol Bagh">Karol Bagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lajpat_Nagar" title="Lajpat Nagar">Lajpat Nagar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religious sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahinsa_Sthal" title="Ahinsa Sthal">Ahinsa Sthal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaminarayan_Akshardham_(New_Delhi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swaminarayan Akshardham (New Delhi)"> Akshardham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhatarpur_Temple" title="Chhatarpur Temple">Chhatarpur Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatehpuri_Mosque" title="Fatehpuri Mosque">Fatehpuri Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurudwara_Bangla_Sahib" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurudwara Bangla Sahib">Gurudwara Bangla Sahib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurudwara_Sis_Ganj_Sahib" class="mw-redirect" title="Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib">Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman_Temple,_Connaught_Place" title="Hanuman Temple, Connaught Place">Hanuman Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISKCON_Temple_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="ISKCON Temple Delhi">ISKCON Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jama_Masjid,_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jama Masjid, Delhi">Jama Masjid</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kalka_Mandir,_Delhi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kalka Mandir, Delhi (page does not exist)"> Kalkaji Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxminarayan_Temple" title="Laxminarayan Temple">Laxminarayan Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotus_Temple" title="Lotus Temple">Lotus Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizamuddin_Dargah" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizamuddin Dargah">Nizamuddin Dargah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral,_New_Delhi" title="Sacred Heart Cathedral, New Delhi">Sacred Heart Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Atma_Vallabh_Jain_Smarak" title="Shri Atma Vallabh Jain Smarak">Shri Atma Vallabh Jain Smarak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Digambar_Jain_Lal_Mandir" title="Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir">Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_Church_of_the_Redemption" title="Cathedral Church of the Redemption"> Viceroy Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogmaya_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Yogmaya Temple">Yogmaya Temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Streets and plazas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandni_Chowk" title="Chandni Chowk">Chandni Chowk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connaught_Place,_New_Delhi" title="Connaught Place, New Delhi"> Connaught Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilli_Haat" title="Dilli Haat">Dilli Haat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garstin_Bastion_Road,_New_Delhi" title="Garstin Bastion Road, New Delhi"> G. 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Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janpath" title="Janpath">Janpath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khari_Baoli" title="Khari Baoli">Khari Baoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palika_Bazaar" title="Palika Bazaar">Palika Bazaar</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ramlila Maidan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajpath" title="Rajpath">Rajpath</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geography<br />and divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Delhi" title="List of districts of Delhi">Districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Delhi_district" title="Central Delhi district">Central Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Delhi_district" title="East Delhi district">East Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_district" title="New Delhi district">New Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Delhi_district" title="North Delhi district">North Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Delhi_district" title="North East Delhi district">North East Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_West_Delhi_district" title="North West Delhi district">North West Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahdara_district" title="Shahdara district">Shahdara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Delhi_district" title="South Delhi district">South Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Delhi_district" title="South East Delhi district">South East Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Delhi_district" title="South West Delhi district">South West Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Delhi_district" title="West Delhi district">West Delhi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Capital_Region_(India)" title="National Capital Region (India)">National Capital Region</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faridabad" title="Faridabad">Faridabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghaziabad" title="Ghaziabad">Ghaziabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Noida" title="Greater Noida">Greater Noida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurgaon" title="Gurgaon">Gurgaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noida" title="Noida">Noida</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Satellite_city" title="Satellite city">Satellite cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gurgaon" title="Gurgaon">Gurgaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faridabad" title="Faridabad">Faridabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhajjar" title="Jhajjar">Jhajjar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahadurgarh" title="Bahadurgarh">Bahadurgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noida" title="Noida">Noida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Noida" title="Greater Noida">Greater Noida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadri" title="Dadri">Dadri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghaziabad" title="Ghaziabad">Ghaziabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baghpat" title="Baghpat">Baghpat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Delhi" title="Transport in Delhi">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13em">Within Delhi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_International_Airport" title="Indira Gandhi International Airport">Indira Gandhi International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safdarjung_Airport" title="Safdarjung Airport">Safdarjung Airport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13em">Outside Delhi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindon_Airport" title="Hindon Airport">Hindon Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noida_International_Airport" title="Noida International Airport"> Noida International Airport (under construction)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13em"><a href="/wiki/Template:Railway_stations_in_Delhi" title="Template:Railway stations in Delhi"> Indian railway stations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anand_Vihar_Terminal_railway_station" title="Anand Vihar Terminal railway station">Anand Vihar Terminal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Junction_railway_station" title="Delhi Junction railway station">Delhi Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Sarai_Rohilla_railway_station" title="Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station">Sarai Rohilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazrat_Nizamuddin_railway_station" title="Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station">Hazrat Nizamuddin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_railway_station" title="New Delhi railway station">New Delhi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13em">Urban and suburban rail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Metro" title="Delhi Metro">Delhi Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Suburban_Railway" title="Delhi Suburban Railway">Delhi Suburban Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Ring_Railway" title="Delhi Ring Railway">Delhi Ring Railway</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/RapidX" title="RapidX">Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)</a></i> (under construction)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Road</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13em"><a href="/wiki/Inter_State_Bus_Terminals" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter State Bus Terminals">Bus terminals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekanand_Inter_State_Bus_Terminus" title="Swami Vivekanand Inter State Bus Terminus"> Anand Vihar ISBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharana_Pratap_Inter_State_Bus_Terminus" title="Maharana Pratap Inter State Bus Terminus"> Kashmere Gate ISBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarai_Kale_Khan_Inter-State_Bus_Terminus" title="Sarai Kale Khan Inter-State Bus Terminus"> Sarai Kale Khan ISBT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13em"><a href="/wiki/Highways_passing_from_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Highways passing from Delhi"> Highways / expressways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Ring_Road,_Delhi" title="Inner Ring Road, Delhi"> Inner Ring Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Ring_Road,_Delhi" title="Outer Ring Road, Delhi"> Outer Ring Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DND_Flyway" title="DND Flyway">DND Flyway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Gurgaon_Expressway" title="Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway">Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Meerut_Expressway" title="Delhi–Meerut Expressway">Delhi–Meerut Expressway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Faridabad_Skyway" title="Delhi–Faridabad Skyway">Delhi–Faridabad Skyway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Delhi" title="Sport in Delhi">Sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_cricket_team" title="Delhi cricket team">Delhi cricket team</a></li> <li><a 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