February 8, 2025 1:01 PM

Delhi’s Political and Electoral Journey: Tracing National Capital’s Governance Evolution

Delhi, India’s present-day National Capital, began its modern administrative and political journey in December 1911, when the British colonial government shifted the country’s capital from Kolkata to the city. Under the British Raj, Delhi was governed by a Chief Commissioner appointed by the Viceroy of India. Just before independence, in July 1947, the Pattabhi Sittaramayya Committee advocated a greater economy for Delhi, which was opposed by the Drafting Committee of the Constitution, and ...