Question

Compare new delhi with shahjahanbad

Answer 1

New Delhi

It was 10 square mile unwalled city, constructed on Raisina Hill, south of Shahjahanabad or Old Delhi

The city had Broad and straight streets.

The city had sprawling mansions set in the middle of large compounds.

Shahjahanabad

It was constructed as a walled city with 14 gates, adjoining a fort-place complex, with the river Yamuna flowing near it.

There were mazes of narrow and winding lanes and by lanes.

The city had crowded and congested mohallas and hevelis. It was expensive to maintain havelis and thus gradually they fell into decay and disuse.