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Update from Tushar in Delhi, visiting Delhi University as part of his course

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 From Tushar in Delhi Today I had to visit the University of Delhi to obtain a document and it was great feeling to be back on campus. The weather was amazing, so I decided to walk around the campus. The total distance I covered was around 7.5 Km. Thanks!

Photos from last week.

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  A collection of photos from last week, from the South West, London, and Delhi. Thanks to everyone who is walking any distance, everyone is clearly enjoying getting out and about.

Out and about in Delhi

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 Hi Everyone, Now over 1400 miles towards the target of 4500 Tushar, Mala, and Juhi have been out in Delhi again..... Hello Everyone! Hope you all are doing well. Here we are with our next ramble, which we did yesterday. This time we chose the Lutyens' Delhi (New Delhi) to ramble around. The total distance covered by us was around 9.5 KM, starting from the President's House to the National Museum and moved forward towards the India Gate and finishing the walk at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, near Connaught Place.  While Shahjahanabad had been the capital during Mughal era, New Delhi was chosen as the seat of power by the British Govt. in 1911  (Officially in 1931) shifting the capital from Calcutta to Delhi. But why this decision was taken? First, the British govt. believed it was easier to rule from the centre location, like Delhi, rather than ruling from the far eastern city. Moreover, it was a great source of creating a lineage and gaining support of masses, as Delhi had previousl