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Definition of Capital of India
1. Noun. The capital of India is a division of the old city of Delhi.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Delhi, Old Delhi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capital Of India
Literary usage of Capital of India
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1867)
"He had often heard it stated that in the future the capital of India must be
changed. Calcutta was too far off, too much out of the line of immediate ..."
2. Due West, Or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou (1884)
"Political capital of India. —A Crazy King. — The Himalayas. — Sunset and Sunrise
at Darjeeling. WE took passage in the British mail steamship ..."
3. A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1918)
"An account of our visit to Delhi may well complete my summary of Mohammedan
influences in India. Delhi was the capital of India long before Akbar reigned ..."
4. Voyages to the East-Indies by Johan Splinter Stavorinus (1798)
"... which carries a cargo from Batavia, in the month of March or April, and re»
turns to the capital of India, by way of Bima and Sumbawa, * In 1778, ..."
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