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The Science Express at the Opening Ceremony

Shri R. Velu, Manmohan Singh, Angela Merkel, Annette Schavan, Peter Gruss (left to right)

India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh with Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel and Peter Gruss, President of the Max Planck Society during the exhibition tour.



Inside the Coaches

Delhi (Hindi: दिल्ली, Punjabi: ਦਿੱਲੀ, Urdu: دلی, IPA: [d̪ɪlːiː]) sometimes referred to as Dilli, is the second-largest metropolis in India after Mumbai with a population of 13 million, and with an extended metropolitan population of almost 22 million.Located in northern India on the banks of the River Yamuna, Delhi has the political status of a federally-administered union territory known as the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).

Delhi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. Having been the capital of several empires in ancient India, Delhi was a major city in the old trade routes from northwest India to the Gangetic Plains. Many ancient monuments, archaeological sites and remains of national importance have been erected in its history.
The Mughals built a section of the city (now known as Old City or Old Delhi) that served as the capital of Mughal Empire for a long period. During the British Raj, New Delhi was built as an administrative quarter of the city. New Delhi was declared the capital of India after India gained independence from British rule in 1947. As the seat of the Government of India, New Delhi houses important offices of the federal government, including the Parliament of India.

Delhi has grown up to be a cosmopolitan city owing to the immigration of people from across the country. Like many other large cities of the world, Delhi suffers from urbanisation problems such as pollution, traffic congestion, and scarcity of resources. The rapid development and urbanisation of New Delhi and surrounding areas coupled with the high average income of the populace has largely eclipsed socio-cultural traits that used to represent Delhi until a few years after independence.

Universities
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences
• Delhi University
• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
• Indian Institute of Mass Communication
• Jawaharlal Nehru University
• Jamia Hamdard
• Jamia Millia Islamia
• School of Planning and Architecture
• Lalit Kala Academy of Performing Arts

Research Centers
Interuniversity Accelerator Centre, Delhi
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi
International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Delhi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi
The Centre for Genomic Application, Delhi
The Centre for Genomic Application, Delhi
Membrane Biology Lab, Delhi
National Informatics Centre, Delhi
Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
National Institute of Malaria Research, Delhi
National Institute of Immunology, Delhi
Tata Energy Research Institute, Delhi
National Centre For Plant Genome Research, Delhi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi

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