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Traditions of New Delhi

5 traditions tied to New Delhi.

🇮🇳 India and 2 moreLangarਲੰਗਰ The free kitchen at a gurdwara, where all sit and eat together as equalsTable custom

🇮🇳 Delhi, India and 1 moreIndependence Day A public holiday on 15 August marking the end of British rule in India in 1947Ceremony

🇮🇳 New Delhi, IndiaGandhi Jayanti India's annual holiday on 2 October, for Mahatma Gandhi's birth and nonviolenceCeremony 🇮🇳 New Delhi, IndiaHindi Dayहिन्दी दिवस An annual Indian observance on 14 September marking the adoption of Hindi as an official language.Ceremony

🇮🇳 New Delhi, IndiaKargil Vijay Diwas An annual Indian observance honouring soldiers and the end of the Kargil War.Ceremony

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Langar: Harisingh at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Independence Day: Vidur Malhotra, CC BY 2.0, source
Gandhi Jayanti: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, source
Kargil Vijay Diwas: Ashoosaini2002, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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