State timeline · 1947 → Today

Delhi (NCT)

From a Partition refugee city to the National Capital Territory: an elected CM in 1952–56, central rule until 1993, and the governments, projects and events that have shaped Delhi since.

Capital
New Delhi
Assembly restored
1993
Status
NCT (UT)
Lok Sabha seats
7
Assembly seats
70
Chief Ministers
9

Interactive Timeline

Delhi, 1947 to today

Every Chief Minister, scheme, law and turning point. Titles show Delhi's elected government when there was one; Centre (…) marks central rule and central actions, and dashed markers show central administration.