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Friday, January 14, 2011

New Delhi 100 - Centenary of the Capital - Hindustan Times

A hundred years ago, the British monarch King George V chose a dusty field of Delhi to anoint himself the Emperor of India. Nobility from across India witnessed the colonial jamboree — and from a distance, the ‘natives’ — as the foundations of what is now known as New Delhi were laid...