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CAPITAL OF INDIAN STATES INDIAN UNION TERRITORIES
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Delhi
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Mumbai
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Chennai
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Kolkata
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Detailed explanation-1: -New Delhi, national capital of India. It is situated in the north-central part of the country on the west bank of the Yamuna River, adjacent to and just south of Delhi city (Old Delhi) and within the Delhi national capital territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1911, Delhi became the centre of all activities after the capital was shifted from Kolkata. It was made a Union Territory in 1956. Lying in the northern part of the country, Delhi is surrounded by Haryana on all sides except the east, where it borders with Uttar Pradesh.
Detailed explanation-3: -The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 created the Union Territory of Delhi from its predecessor, the Chief Commissioner’s Province of Delhi. The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
Detailed explanation-4: -Website of National Capital Territory of Delhi.