Population Explosion
Associated Press
NEW DELHI —
When Delhi succeeded Calcutta as the capital of British India in 1912, New Delhi was laid out three miles south for some 65,000 residents. Today, greater Delhi has a population of 7 million which may double by the year 2000.
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