Safdarjung's Tomb was built by his son 'Shuja-ud-Daulah' for his father 'Mirza Mudim Abul Mansur Khan', also known as Safdarjung.
Safdarjung was an administrator under the Moghul Emperor Muhammed Shah
Tihar Jail is one of the largest prisons in Asia. A number of high profile inmates are lodged here.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was built in 1982 and has a multifacility sports arena. The facility seats 75,000 for football games, and as many as 100,000 for other athletic events, such as track and field, and up to 130,000 for concerts. The Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium also houses the headquarter offices of the Indian Olympic Committee. India hosted the first Asian Games in March 1951 in New Delhi and again the 9th Asian Games in 1982 when the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was first constructed.
Delhi Metro Shastri Park Depot
The Secretariat Building consists of two buildings: the North Block and the South Block. Both the buildings flank the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- The South Block houses the Prime Minister Office, Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of External Affairs
- The North Block primarily houses the Ministry of Finance and the Home Ministry
The Parliament is the supreme legislative body of India. It comprises of the President and the two Houses—Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.
Gol Dak Khana which means round post office, was formerly known as Alexandra Place and was the office of the Central Public Works Department till the 1960's.
Harbaksh Stadium - A cricket stadium.
Humayun's Tomb located at Nizamudin East is the rest place for the Emperor Humayun and Barber. The site is an example of Mughal architecture and was believed to be designed by Humayun's wife Hamida Banu Begum.
Situated on the Rajpath in New Delhi, India Gate (originally called the All India War Memorial) is a monument built by Edwin Lutyens to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in the World War I and the Afghan Wars
Connaught Place is a central business district of New Delhi, India. It is instantly recognisable on any map of Delhi, being the big circle in the middle with radial roads spreading out in all directions, like spokes on a wheel.
Delhi College of Engineering (initially established with the name- Delhi Polytechnic) came into existence in the year 1940 to cater the needs of Indian Industries for trained manpower
Indira Gandhi International is Delhi's International and Domestic Gateway. Delhi Airport has two non-parallel runways: the main runway 10/28 (12,500 ft 3,810 m) and an auxiliary runway 09/27 (9,229 ft 2,813 m). Runway 28 is one of the few runways in Asia equipped with CAT III-B Instrument Landing System.
Gandhi Samadhi - Mahatma Gandhi's cremation ground was turned into a monument in his honour
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