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Visiting Delhi

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In Delhi, I visited the following places: Qutub Minar built by Qutub-ud-Din Aibek in 1199. My favorite spot to visit in Delhi was Gandhi Smriti , where Gandhi lived his last 144 days. I stopped by the key government houses, giant sandstone palaces by the British Raj. The President's House, Parliament House, Government Secretariat Buildings were huge and occupied a space that looked larger than the U.S. capitol Mall. Going down the road from the government offices laid out in a  symmetrical French-style  city plan was India Gate (War Memorial Arch). There, I saw Red Bull and Formula One had race cars racing in central Delhi, burning rubber in an exhibition race. Here's a video . I also visited Raj Ghat and Shanti Vana, the cremation sites of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, Jama Masjid, and drove past Red Fort. With only 1 day in Delhi and having flown in that morning, I didn't have time to check out the fort. But I would later visit Amber Fort in ...