Jul 30, 20172 min read

New Delhi Tour

Updated: Nov 10, 2020

On Saturday morning, the school treated us to a brief tour of New Delhi. It was great to move beyond the school walls and see some of city. It gave us enough of a taste to get out and see some more.

Salt March Strike up another victory for colonialism. Yay! {sarcasm}. You could call this the Dandi Salt Party instead of the Boston Tea Party. “The Salt March, also known as the Dandi March and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial Indiainitiated by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater in the coastal village of Dandi, as was the practice of the local populace until British officials introduced taxation on salt production, deemed their sea-salt reclamation activities illegal, and then repeatedly used force to stop it. The 24-day march began from 12 March 1930 and continued until 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly, and it gained worldwide attention which gave impetus to the Indian independence movement and started the nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement.” Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March Location: https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Dandi+March+Statue/@28.6101074,77.1894161,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x390d1d57787597d7:0xe84109de41355037!8m2!3d28.6101074!4d77.1916048

Indian Government

“The Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat is where the Cabinet Secretariat is housed, which administers the Government of India. Built in the 1910s, it is home to some of the most important ministries of the Cabinet of India. Situated on Raisina Hill, New Delhi, the Secretariat buildings are two blocks of symmetrical buildings (North Block and South Block) on opposite sides of the great axis of Rajpath, and flanking the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President’s House).” Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_Building,_New_Delhi Location: https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Secretariat+Building,+North+Block,+Central+Secretariat,+New+Delhi,+Delhi+110004/@28.6151554,77.2035555,690m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x390ce2ae18c9c4f5:0x6eb2fcb6b776c4eb!8m2!3d28.6151947!4d77.2059342

Craft Museum

“The National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum(NHHM) commonly known as National Crafts Museum in New Delhi is one of the largest crafts museums in India.

It is run by the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The museum is situated on the corner of the Pragati Maidan, facing the Purana Qila complex.[1]“