ABSTRACT
The National Capital Territory of Delhi is located in northern India, at the western end of the great Gangetic plain, where the land rises towards the watershed of the Ganges and the Indus and the historic province of the ancient Punjab. The National Capital Territory (NCT) is almost entirely surrounded by Haryana state, except on the east, where it faces across, or edges over, the River Yamuna towards Uttar Pradesh. The NCT was constituted by law in 1991, when the old Union Territory of Delhi (styled a ‘Part C state between 1950 and 1956) received enhanced status and a legislature. However, the city has been the capital of India since soon after the British announced it as such in 1911, actually inaugurating the ‘New’ Delhi in 1931. The NCT has an area of 1,483 sq km (572 sq miles).
