Delhi
INDIA Jehan in the 17th century. Among modern buildings are the government college, founded in 1792 (abolished as a college); the Residency, and a Protestant church.
The East Indian Railway enters the city by a bridge over the Jumna. The S. W. quarter of the town is densely occupied by the shops and dwellings of the native population; the streets are narrow and tortuous, but some of the main thoroughfares of the city are splendid streets, the chief being the Chandni Chauk, or "Silver Street." During the mutiny Delhi was seized by the Sepoys, who held possession for four months, during which many atrocities were committed. Pop. about about 235,000. did streets,