On 13 February 1931, the British Empire inaugurated New Delhi as the capital of the Raj, a city of sweeping avenues, imperial ...
Long before New Delhi became a city of diplomatic enclaves, long before five-star hotels dotted the capital, there was The Imperial. Built at a time when India was still under British rule, the hotel ...
New Delhi turned 95 today, a milestone that binds two moments of power separated by nearly a century. On this date in 1931, the British formally inaugurated New Delhi as the imperial capital.