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> [“The decision by the British in 1911 to build New Delhi, without integrating the old city with the new, sealed the fate of Shahjahanabad. From then onwards, purani Dilli would live on but only like an ageing courtesan abandoned by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pavan-k-varma/the-decision-by-the-british-in-1911-to-build-new-delhi-without/)

Pavan K. Varma

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## More by Pavan K. Varma

> [“The decision by the British in 1911 to build New Delhi, without integrating the old city with the new, sealed the fate of Shahjahanabad.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pavan-k-varma/the-decision-by-the-british-in-1911-to-build-new-delhi-without/)

Pavan K. Varma

> [“Over the years the Indian leadership, and the educated Indian, have deliberately projected and embellished an image about Indians that they know to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pavan-k-varma/over-the-years-the-indian-leadership-and-the-educated-indian-have/)

Pavan K. Varma

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