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Figure 5.11 New Delhi Railway Station , 1995 (w/c on paper)
Source : Fraser, Olivia (contemporary artist)/Private collection/The Bridgeman Art Library.
city (Hall, 1988). Following Independence and Partition in 1947, New Delhi was declared as
the capital and seat of government. Imperial Delhi was therefore just one more overlay on a
historic pattern of reconstruction and redevelopment, each with a new emphasis and focus,
overwriting but never completely obscuring the previous history (Cox, 2010). Sivam (2003,
p. 135) similarly describes the unique development of Delhi as: 'a kaleidoscope of old tradition
and new forces'. Delhi was granted its own administrative identity as a full state in 1994,
changing from the Delhi Union Territory (DUT) to become the National Capital Territory of
Delhi (NCTD); the greater National Capital Region (NCR) including New Delhi and
neighbouring cities such as Baghpat, Gurgaon, Sonepat, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, and
Greater Noida.
The current urban population of Delhi is around 16.3 million (2011), with a projected
growth of over 75 per cent to 26 million by 2030 ( Table 5.3 ) - nearly three times the projected
size of London in 2030. The population growth since the early 1900s has been remarkable,
rising from around 400,000; and representing a fivefold increase in the size of the urban area
since 1981 (Badami et al., 2004). The NCR has a current population of over 22 million, and
there is a much wider sprawl of population and connected development beyond the city
boundary. The growth in population is the result of internal city growth but also substantial
levels of in-migration. Expansion has long outstripped the capacity of planned development.
Whilst there is much planned new development there is also a legacy and contemporary growth
 
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