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Old Delhi

British  

noun

  1. See Delhi

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The November 10 blast erupted near a busy metro station close to the Red Fort in Old Delhi, where the prime minister delivers the annual Independence Day address.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

Perhaps the most significant landmark in Old Delhi is the Jama Masjid, one of the largest places of Muslim worship in all of India.

From Salon • Oct. 14, 2024

But in his free time he runs an Instagram page - Puraani Dilli Waalon ki Baatein or In the Words of Old Delhi.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2022

Three of the five hijras whom Banyan met in Old Delhi had been castrated.

From Economist • Sep. 15, 2016

The best specimens of this period are to be found in the group of buildings in Old Delhi or Kila' Rai Pithora, close to Mahraulí and eleven miles to the south of the present city.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir