2. Describe any five major changes brought about in Delhi by the British before the development of New
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There are several changes that were took place in Delhi before the development of New Delhi. Laying of railway lines and tram facility development. ... Improvement of tram facility. Developments in residential areas. Hope it's helpful for you. if you are satisfied with my answer please mark me as a brainliest.
The city of Delhi has been historically one of the most important cities of India. Currently it is the third largest im terms of population, exceeded only by Mumbai (Bombay) and Calcutta. The national capital of New Delhi is part of metropolitan complex of Delhi.
Delhi is in the Ganges River Basin on the banks of the tributary Jumna River. Historically Delhi was located on the west bank of the Jumna because there was a tradition in the region that cities should be on the right bank of the direction of the flow and that the left bank should be left wild. The growth of the city spread urban development along both banks, although the major areas of the city are still on the west bank.
Delhi is near the rise of the Himalayas at an altitude of just under 1000 feet. The altitude and latitude is enough to give Delhi some chilly episodes in the winter. What is officially spring by the calendar, March 21st to June 21st is the effecively the summer of Delhi, the season of highest temperatures. The average maximum temperature in this season is about 100° F but during June the average daily temperature rises to 110° F. There are frequent thunderstorms in April and May.
The monsoon reaches Delhi at the end of June and continues to the end of September, the calendar summer. Generally humidity in Delhi is low except during July and August of the monsoon season. The average annual rainfall in Delhi is 26 inches.
The two months after the monsoon ends in September, the months of October and November, are quite pleasant. The winter is consider to be the period from the end of November to mid-February. In the coldest month, January, the average daily low temperature is 45° F. This leaves mid-February to mid-March as a very brief springtime transition.
From very ancient times there has been a major city in the locale of Delhi. The British moved the capital of the Raj from Calcutta to Delhi where the new city of New Delhi was builtjust south of the old city. The relative positions of the two cities are shown below.
The municipality of the City of Delhi occupies about 360 square miles, including the historical old city, while the City of New Delhi occupies 169 square miles. Since the new city is much less densely populated than the old city the predominance of the old city in terms of population is very great.
In the new city much of the land is devoted to parks and broad streets. The streets are straight and unobstructed. In the old city the streets are narrow, twisting and irregular. This has a defensive value. The armies of invaders of the old city would be constricted to a narrow front where a relatively smaller number of defenders could stop their progress and allow other defenders to attack the invading force from the rooftops. And the invaders might not necessarily be foreign invaders. They could be one ethnic group intent upon wreaking havoc upon the neighborhood of another ethnic group.
At the time of Partition in August of 1947 Delhi experienced what must have been one of the most traumatic episode any city could go through. Before Partition metropolitan Delhi had a population of about seven hundred thousand. In the course of one month its population exploded to one and half million as result of the refugees that poured in from what became Pakistan.