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Delhi - A Heritage City
Delhi - A Heritage City
Delhi - A Heritage City comprises the historic urban landscape of its four precincts Mehrauli, Nizamuddin, Shahjahanabad and New Delhi.
It is considered a mixture of Islamic and European worlds. Delhi has been the capital during various periods. Also, Sufism has developed here in Mehrauli Village and Nizamuddin in the traditional settlements that developed around the shrine of a Sufi saint.
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- Delhi - A Heritage City (ID: 5743)
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On tentative list 2012
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History of Delhi - A Heritage City
- 2015: Requested by State Party to not be examined
- By India
- 2012: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
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- Aug. 5, 2015 hindustantimes.com — Delhi's Imperial Capital Cities' UNESCO nomination not withdrawn, but "postponed"
- May 27, 2015 ndtv.com — Why Government Doesn't Want Delhi to be a World Heritage City Anymore
- May 22, 2015 timesofindia.indiatimes.com — Delhi's Imperial Capital Cities nomination withdrawn by State Party
- Jan. 4, 2015 hindustantimes.com — Delhi's bid to get World Heritage tag hits roadblock
- Dec. 16, 2014 indianexpress.com — Loose bricks in Delhito get world heritage city status
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- hindustantimes.com 08/05/2015
- Delhi's Imperial Capital Cities' U…
- ndtv.com 05/27/2015
- Why Government Doesn't Want Delhi …
- timesofindia.indiatimes.com 05/22/2015
- Delhi's Imperial Capital Cities no…
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I visited this tentative WHS in January 2012. In a way, India's capital, Delhi, is a bit like China's capital, Beijing. Several top notch WHS here and there, but no real 'historic centre'. This nomination tries to make up for this by highlighting Delhi's “surviving historic urbanscape” in a triangular patch of land with the River Yamuna on one side and the northern range of Aravalli hills on the other two sides.
This historic urbanscape comprises the four precincts of Mehrauli, Nizamuddin, Shahjahanabad and New Delhi. The first three precincts are already well covered in reviews of the already inscribed crown jewels of each precinct, namely Qutab Minar, Humayun's Tomb and the Red Fort. So in this review I will focus on the remaining precinct New Delhi.
New Delhi was designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and Herbert Baker, who redefined the architecture and urbanism of the city. At its core, the Kingsway (now Rajpath) is adorned with several iconic buildings such as the Rashtrapati Bhawan and the India Gate (photo) although not exactly on par with the recently inscribed buildings of Mumbai for example.
Even though the nomination dossier tries hard to convey “Delhi's unique cultural landscape evolved from the mingling of multiple streams of cultural impulses from the Islamic and European worlds”, I would only be in favour of such an inscription on the WH list if at any point in the future 'cleaning-up' or 'streamlining' efforts are made to cluster already inscribed WHS. For example, …
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