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Delhi Cantonment

1914 establishments in IndiaCantonments of British IndiaCantonments of IndiaDistrict subdivisions of DelhiLocal government in Delhi
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Delhi Cantt Station
Delhi Cantt Station

Delhi Cantonment (popularly referred to as Delhi Cantt) is a Class I Cantonment Board established in 1914. The area of the Cantonment is 10,452 acres (42.30 km2) and the population of the Cantonment as per the 2011 census is 110,351. The Cantonment is governed by the Cantonments Act, 2006 while various policy letters and instructions from the Ministry of Defence pertaining to the area are issued from time to time. Although the board functions as a local municipal body, it remains under the administrative control of the Directorate General Defence Estates, New Delhi and Principal Director, Defence Estates, Western Command, Chandigarh.It is one of three local bodies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the others being Municipal Corporation of Delhi and New Delhi Municipal Council.

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Delhi Cantonment
Tigris Road, New Delhi Delhi Cantonment

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N 28.598091 ° E 77.1234069 °
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Tigris Road
110010 New Delhi, Delhi Cantonment
Delhi, India
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