Editing New Delhi (section)

=== Historic sites, museums and gardens ===
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[[File:India national museum 01.jpg|thumb|right|The [[National Museum, New Delhi|National Museum]] in New Delhi is one of the largest museums in India.]]
New Delhi is home to several historic sites and museums. The National Museum, which began with an exhibition of Indian art and artefacts at the [[Royal Academy]] in London in the winter of 1947–48,<ref name="NMH">{{Cite web |title=History of the National Museum |url=http://nationalmuseumindia.gov.in/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328061518/http://www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in/history.html |archive-date=28 March 2010 |access-date=25 January 2011}}</ref> was later at the end was shown at the [[Rashtrapati Bhawan]] in 1949. Later it was to form a permanent National Museum. On 15 August 1949, the National Museum was formally inaugurated and has 200,000 works of art, both of Indian and foreign origin, covering over 5,000 years.<ref name="hindu2011020150">{{Cite news |date=1 February 2011 |title=Delhi- 100 years as the Capital |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.hindu.com/yw/2011/02/01/stories/2011020150210200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616135042/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2011/02/01/stories/2011020150210200.htm |archive-date=16 June 2011}}</ref>

The [[India Gate]], which was built in 1931, was inspired by the [[Arc de Triomphe]] in Paris. It is the national monument of India commemorating the 90,000 soldiers of the [[Indian Army]] who died while fighting for the [[British Raj]] in [[World War I]] and the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]. The monument is barricaded now with entry to the inside arch restricted.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

The [[Rajpath]], which was built similar to the [[Champs-Élysées]] in Paris, is the ceremonial boulevard for the [[Republic of India]], located in New Delhi. The annual [[Delhi Republic Day parade|Republic Day parade]] takes place here on 26 January. The Beating retreat takes place here two days later.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

[[File:Gandhi Memorial.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Raj Ghat and associated memorials|Rajghat]], the final resting place of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]]]
[[Gandhi Smriti]] in New Delhi is the location where [[Mahatma Gandhi]] spent the last 144 days of his life and was assassinated on 30 January 1948. [[Raj Ghat and associated memorials|Rajghat]] is the place where Gandhi was cremated on 31 January 1948 after his [[Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi|assassination]] and his ashes were buried and make it a final resting place beside the sanctity of the Yamuna River. The Raj Ghat in the shape of the large square platform with black marble was designed by architect Vanu Bhuta.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

[[Jantar Mantar (Delhi)|Jantar Mantar]] located in [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]] was built by [[Maharaja]] [[Jai Singh II]] of [[Jaipur]]. It consists of 13 architectural [[astronomical|astronomy]] instruments. The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

New Delhi is home to Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum, [[National Gallery of Modern Art]], [[National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi|National Museum of Natural History]], [[National Rail Museum, New Delhi|National Rail Museum]], [[National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi|National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum]], [[National Philatelic Museum, New Delhi|National Philatelic Museum]], [[Nehru Planetarium]], [[Shankar's International Dolls Museum]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 January 2012 |title=Complete list of Museums in city of New Delhi and Union Territory of Delhi |publisher=Government of Delhi, India |url=http://delhigovt.nic.in/museum.asp#15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409153505/http://delhigovt.nic.in/museum.asp |archive-date=9 April 2012}}</ref> and Supreme Court of India Museum,<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 October 2012 |title=Supreme Court of India – Museum |publisher=[[Supreme Court of India]] |url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/supct/scm/scimuseum_publish.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121026/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/supct/scm/scimuseum_publish.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

In the coming years, a new [[National War Memorial (India)|National War Memorial]] and Museum will be constructed in New Delhi<ref name="indianexpress991366">{{Cite news |date=19 October 2012 |title=National War Memorial and National War Memorial Museum to come up at India Gate at New Delhi, India |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/national-war-memorial-to-come-up-at-india-gate/991366 |url-status=live |access-date=19 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117011658/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/national-war-memorial-to-come-up-at-india-gate/991366 |archive-date=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="ndtv256172">{{Cite news |date=19 October 2012 |title=Finally, plans for National War Memorial approved: Defence Minister of India |publisher=[[NDTV]] |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/finally-plans-for-national-war-memorial-approved-defence-minister-256172 |url-status=dead |access-date=19 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213195528/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/finally-plans-for-national-war-memorial-approved-defence-minister-256172 |archive-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> for {{INRConvert|4000|m|nolink=yes}}.<ref name="indiatimes40615307">{{Cite news |date=24 August 2014 |title=National War Memorial finalized at India Gate complex |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-War-Memorial-finalized-at-India-Gate-complex/articleshow/40615307.cms |url-status=live |access-date=24 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121075035/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-War-Memorial-finalized-at-India-Gate-complex/articleshow/40615307.cms |archive-date=21 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="ndtv556994">{{Cite news |date=12 July 2014 |title=National War Memorial: What It Could Look Like |publisher=[[NDTV]] |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/national-war-memorial-what-it-could-look-like-556994 |url-status=live |access-date=11 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819052811/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/national-war-memorial-what-it-could-look-like-556994 |archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref>

New Delhi is particularly renowned for its beautifully landscaped gardens that can look quite stunning in spring. The largest of these include [[Buddha Jayanti Park]] and the historic [[Lodi Gardens]]. In addition, there are the gardens in the Presidential Estate, the gardens along the Rajpath and India Gate, the gardens along Shanti Path, the Rose Garden, Nehru Park and the Railway Garden in Chanakya Puri. Also of note is the garden adjacent to the Jangpura Metro Station near the Defence Colony Flyover, as are the roundabout and neighbourhood gardens throughout the city.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

The [[New Delhi Municipal Council]] (NDMC) area was declared the cleanest in North India, based on solid waste management, access to sanitation and other parameters of cleanliness, under the zone-wise Swachh Survekshan 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mishra |first=Alok K. N. |date=5 May 2017 |title=New Delhi cleanest in north: Swachh survey |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/new-delhi-cleanest-in-north-swachh-survey/articleshow/58527079.cms |url-status=live |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118153903/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/new-delhi-cleanest-in-north-swachh-survey/articleshow/58527079.cms |archive-date=18 November 2021}}</ref>