Editing Delhi (section)

=== Colonial period ===
{{See also|British Raj}}
[[File:NewDelhiInaugurationSecondDayCancellation27Feb1931.jpg|thumb|[[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]] stamps, inauguration, New Delhi, February 1931]]
In 1803, during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]], the forces of [[British East India Company]] defeated the Maratha forces in the [[Battle of Delhi, 1803|Battle of Delhi]].<ref>{{cite book
 |last = Mayaram
 |first = Shail
 |title = Against history, against state: counter perspective from the margins Cultures of history
 |publisher = Columbia University Press|year= 2003
 |isbn = 978-0-231-12731-8}}</ref> During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], Delhi fell to the forces of East India Company after a bloody fight known as the [[Siege of Delhi]]. The city came under the direct control of the [[British Government]] in 1858. It was made a district province of the [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]].<ref name=ecosurv1 /> In 1911, it was announced that the capital of the [[British Raj|British Indian Empire]] was to be transferred from [[Calcutta]] to Delhi.<ref name="cal to del">{{cite news |title=Shifting pain |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Shifting-pain/articleshow/11065881.cms |access-date=18 June 2012 |date=11 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127185454/https://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-11/kolkata/30504131_1_bengalis-capital-british-empire |archive-date=27 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live}}</ref> This formally transferred on 12 December 1911.<ref>Chronicle of 20th Century History edited by J S Bowman ISBN 1-85422-005-5</ref>
[[File:The Nizam of Hyderabad pays homage to the king and queen at the Delhi Durbar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Nizam of Hyderabad pays homage to the King and Queen at the 1911 Delhi Durbar|center]]
[[File:Delhi durbar 1911 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Delhi Durbar held in 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary|center]]
The name "New Delhi" was given in 1927, and the new capital was inaugurated on 13 February 1931. [[New Delhi]] was officially declared as the capital of the [[Dominion of India|Union of India]] after the country gained [[History of the Republic of India|independence]] on 15 August 1947.<ref>{{cite book |title=Travel Delhi |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsYj4ysWQ6sC&q=delhi+was+declared+capital+of+india&pg=PT7 |isbn=978-1-60501-051-9 |date=1 January 2007 |author1=Mobilereference|publisher=MobileReference.com }}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>