什麼是德里

印度中北部聯邦區，人口約10,865,000（1994）。鄰北方邦（Uttar Pradesh）和哈里亞納（Haryana），包括德里（通常稱舊德里〔Old Dehli〕）、新德里（New Dehli，印度首都）和鄰近的農業區。從西元1206年起為穆斯林王朝的首都，1398年被帖木兒（Timur）棄置。第一個蒙兀兒（Mughal）王朝統治者巴伯爾（Babur）於1526年征服了德里，雖然蒙兀兒王朝首都大部分在阿格拉，但德里在沙.賈汗（Shah Jahan）的整治下，於1638年開始變得美侖美奐。1803年受英國統治，1857年成為印度叛變的中心。1912年德里取代加爾各答（Calcutta，現稱Kolkata）成為英屬印度的首都，同時開始建造部分城區為新德里。1931年首都遷往新德里，1947年成為獨立後印度的首都。該區的經濟和人口多集中在舊德里，而政府機關集中在新德里。政府是最大的僱主。聯邦區也是印度中北部運輸網的中心。

Delhi

Union territory (pop., 1994 est.: 10,865,000), northern central India. Bounded by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, it comprises the cities of Delhi (popularly known as Old Delhi) and New Delhi (India's capital) and adjacent rural areas. Delhi was the capital of a Muslim dynasty from 1206 until it was laid waste by Timur in 1398. It was conquered by the Mughal Babur in 1526. Although the Mughal capital was mostly at Agra, Delhi was beautified by Shah Jahan, beginning in 1638. Pillaged by Nadir Shah in 1739, it surrendered to Marathas in 1771. Taken by the British in 1803, it was a center of the Indian Mutiny in 1857. Delhi replaced Calcutta (now Kolkata) as the capital of British India in 1912, at which time construction began on the section of the city that became New Delhi. The capital was moved to New Delhi in 1931, and it became the capital of independent India in 1947. The area's economy and population center mainly in Old Delhi, while government is concentrated in New Delhi. The government is the chief employer. The territory is also the transportation hub for northern central India.