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Храмът Лакшминараян
The National Capital
Territory of Delhi

Nikolay Yankov and business centre, having registered an
astonishing 10.7 % growth for the past five
years.
The National Capital Territory of Delhi Though it hasn’t always been India’s capital
(NCT) includes the capital of the Republic Delhi has played a pivotal part in Indian history,
of India and is the second most populous as it has always been a gateway city, built on
metropolis of India after Mumbai and the strategic place – the main route between Central
10th most populous city in the world. It is part and Southeast Asia. One of the main reasons it
of the National Capital Region (NCR) along attracts so many people around the world is the
with other neighbouring cities like Baghpat, fact it has a long history and rich legacy, left by
Gurgaon, Sonepat, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida at least eight different historical cities, that has
etc. Technically it is a Union territory but the formed its face and spirit. As always India hasn’t
political administration resembles that of a erased anything from the past but stepping on it
state. New Delhi, the capital which holds all has built a world class capital, which the travel-
the important administrative buildings of the guides reasonably describe as „one of the ultimate
central power, is now a prosperious commercial cities of a lifetime to visit and explore“.