1. After Nairobi in Kenya, The Delhi ridge makes it the World’s Second most bird-rich Capital city
2. The wholesale market at Azadpur is Asia's largest fruit and vegetable market. Nearly 3,000 trucks bring in fruits and vegetables here daily for over 30,000 retail vendors.
3. One of the intersting fact about Delhi is that it has an International Toilet museum.
4. Originally, The walled city of Delhi had fourteen gates and now only 5 are standing. They are: Kashmiri Gate: Pointing North to Kashmir; Ajmeri Gate: Facing Ajmer in Rajasthan; Lahori Gate: Facing Lahore in Pakistan; Delhi Gate: Road to earlier cities of Delhi; Turkman Gate: Named after pious saint Hazrat Shah Turkam.
5. Khari Baoli, a street in Old Delhi, is the Asia's largest wholesale spice market.
6. Gandhi Nagar Market, is Asia’s biggest ready-made garments/textile market.
7. Delhi have a bird sanctuary(Okhla Bird Sanctuary) along with a wildlife sanctuary(Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary).
8.World’s tallest brick minaret the Qutub Minar is in Delhi-
Qutub Minar is a 73-meters (239.5 feet) tall tapering tower of five storeys, with a 14.3 meters (47 feet) base diameter, reducing to 2.7 meters (9 feet) at the top of the peak and forms the part of Qutub Complex,a world heritage site in Mehrauli
9. Jama Masjid built in 1656 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan is one of the largest mosques in India is in Delhi
10. The Delhi Metro, which covers a distance of nearly 330 km, is the world's 5th largest metro in the entire world. According to Delhi Metro’s official website, it has helped in removing around seven lakh vehicles from the streets of Delhi.
11. Completed in 1986, Lotus Temple in Delhi is the only place of worship of the Baha’i community in South Asia. The Lotus Temple is open to people of all faiths.
A 2001 CNN report referred to it as the most visited building in the world.The Lotus Temple has won numerous architectural awards and has been featured in many newspaper and magazine articles.
12. Delhi hosted first ever Asian Games in 1951
It held from 4 to 11 march 1951 and National Stadium was the venue for all events. Countries invited included almost all the independent Asian countries of the time except Soviet Union and Vietnam, due to the political structure of those nations.A total of 489 athletes representing 11 Asian NationalOlympic Committes (NOCs) participated in 57 events from eight Sports and Disciplines.
Delhi Again hosted Asian Games in 1982
Indian Athletes Marching into the stadium in 1951
13. Delhi's has one of Asia's largest Electronics market. The place is Nehru Place.
14.New Delhi dubbed as Lutyens Delhi
Large parts of New Delhi were planned by a British architect Edwin Lutyens and to honor his contribution in building the city it is also dubbed as Lutyens Delhi.
15. Akshardham is the largest Hindu Temple in the World.
On 17 December 2007, Michael Whitty, an official world record adjudicator for Guinness Book of World Record , travelled to Ahmedabad, India to present a new world record to Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual leader of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, for the Akshardham complex.The record was presented for Akshardham as the World's Largest Comprehensive Hindu Temple.
The certificate states,”BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi, India, is the world's largest comprehensive Hindu temple. It measures 356 ft (109 m). long, 316 ft (96 m). wide and 141 ft (43 m). high, covering an area of 86,342 sq ft (8,021.4 m2).
16. Delhi’s public transport the DTC or Delhi Transport Corporation runs one of the world’s largest fleet of environment-friendly CNG buses.
17. UN certified
In 2011, United Nations certified DMRC as the first metro and rail-based system that gets carbon credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It helps in reducing 630,000 tonnes of city pollution level each year.
18. First extradossed bridge in India
The first extradosed bridge in our country was constructed by DMRC. It is between Pragati Maidan and Indraprastha station on the Blue Line.
19. Trams were used in Delhi too!
Trams in India Began operation ion 6th march 1908 in Chandni Chowk. It has 24 cars in 15 km of track.The system closed in 1963 due to urban congestion.
20. Oldest Cricket Stadium In India
After Eden Garden in Kolkata, Firoz Shah Kotla stadium is the second oldest stadium in India. It was built in 1883 and is still in use.