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Identify three differences in the city design of New Delhi and Shahjahanabad.



Answer -

New Delhi

Shahjahanabad

Unwalled city, constructed on Raisina Hill, south of Shahjahanabad or Old Delhi

Constructed as a walled city with 14 gates, adjoining a fort-palace complex, with the river Jamuna flowing near it

Broad, straight streets

Mazes of narrow and winding lanes and bylanes and quiet cul-de-sacs

Sprawling mansions set in the middle of large compounds

Crowded and congested mohallas

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