Delhi Cantonment
A 10,452-acre British-era military zone that still runs as its own city — one of only three local governing bodies in the entire National Capital Territory.
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Established in 1914 on land acquired from Naraina Village, Delhi Cantonment remains under Ministry of Defence control and houses the Indian Army Headquarters Delhi Area, the Defence Services Officers Institute, and the Army Hospital — a complete parallel city of uniform roads and military infrastructure operating inside the capital.
What to look for
- Delhi Cantonment railway station, an active stop within the compound from which trains depart across the country
- Signage for the Indian Army Headquarters Delhi Area and the Defence Services Officers Institute
- Brar Square crematorium, one of the named landmarks inside the cantonment
Delhi Cantonment railway station gives direct rail access; most internal military installations are restricted-access and cannot be entered without authorization.
Delhi Cantonment is one of 35 sights worth the detour in Delhi, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Delhi pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Delhi
- Red FortThe ramparts where Jawaharlal Nehru raised India's flag on 15 August 1947 still host that ceremony every Independence Day.
- Qutb MinarSuccessive dynasties handed this tower off across 170 years — Aibak started it in 1199, Firuz Shah Tughlaq capped it with a cupola in 1368.
- Humayun's TombThe red-sandstone ancestor of the Taj Mahal — commissioned by an empress, designed by Persian architects, and finished a century before Agra.
- Jama MasjidShah Jahan built his imperial mosque at the highest point of Shahjahanabad — the Mughal capital — and it was regarded as a symbolic gesture of Mughal power across India.
- Lotus TempleTwenty-seven marble petals, grouped in threes, fold into a single hall where any person of any faith walks in without condition.
- India GateAround 13,300 names carved in stone — soldiers lost across Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, and the Afghan frontier.