WHY IS DELHI A COMBINATION OF REFUGEE COLONIES?

Delhi is a refugee colony

How Has The Partition of India Changed Delhi’s Population Demography? The government of India had defined many areas where these migrants could settle in the rural areas of Haryana and Punjab, but most of the refugees preferred to live in New Delhi and the empty lands of Shahjahanabad – Old Delhi. The Refugee inflow from Pakistan (mainly Turks, Rajputs, and Hindu Baniyas) after the Partition of India had changed the scenario of Delhi’s population demography. Most of the immigrants, who had entered the city to serve successive rulers, preferred to…

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DELHI IS EMERGING AS THE MOST POPULOUS CITY IN INDIA, UN ESTIMATES

Delhi population

Driven by rapidly growing urban agglomerations in recent years, Delhi is ready to be the most populous city in India. More or less, the city is struggling to cope with its population expansion. The UN has estimated that the capital city is likely to be the second most populous city in the world, by the end of 2030. India will be a country of 1.34 billion people in the beginning month of 2018. Here’s demography of India’s most populated states in the past decades. Hence, it will demonstrate why Indian…

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