Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi is a union territory in India, which also includes the national capital city of New Delhi. Delhi has been represented by multiple legislators, administrators, executives, civil servants, politicians and local level activists throughout its history.
This article lists the representatives of Delhi from 1911, when Delhi was given its current boundaries.
During the British Raj (1911–1947) In 1911, the then King George V in Delhi Durbar announced that the capital of India will shift from Calcutta to Delhi. It also led to Delhi separating from Punjab Province. The region was officially called the Chief Commissioner's Province of Delhi. Through Government of India Act 1919, many provinces got a Legislative council but Chief Commissioner's provinces were deprived of it. The Chief Commissioner of Delhi was the Administrative and Judicial head of the province with no checks and balances except for the appointment by Governor General/Viceroy of British India. +List of Chief Commissioners of the Chief Commissioner's Province of Delhi#NameTermAppointed byStartEnd1William Malcolm Haileyhttps://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-515911 October 19127 November 1918Lord Hardinge2Claud Alexander Barron7 November 191831 March 1924Lord Chelmsford3Evelyn Robins Abbott31 March 192415 April 1926Lord Reading4Alexander Montague Stowhttps://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-21772515 April 192629 March 1928Lord IrwinActingJohn Nesbitt Gordon Johnson29 March 19287 August 19285John Perronet Thompson8 August 192821 March 19326John Nesbitt Gordon Johnson21 March 193221 March 1937Lord Willingdon7Evan Meredith Jenkins21 March 19371 July 1940Lord Linlithgow8Arthur Vivian Askwith1 July 19406 September 19459William Christie6 September 194514 August 1947Lord Wavell
Constituent Assembly of India (December 1946 – 25 January 1950) The Constituent Assembly of India was responsible for making the Constitution for the newly Independent India.
Chief Commissioner of Delhi sent the freedom fighter Deshbandhu Gupta to represent Delhi in the Constituent Assembly.
Under the Dominion of India (1947–1950) Between 15 August 1947 (the date of the Partition of India) and 25 January 1950 (the date from which the Constitution of India was enforced), India was a dominion under the British Crown. The Chief Commissioner's Province of Delhi was still controlled by the Chief Commissioner but appointed by an Indian Governor General, not a British. +List of Chief Commissioners of the Chief Commissioner's Province of DelhiNameTermAppointed byStartEnd*No Data Available 15 August 19471948 (Date unknown)Chakravarti RajagopalachariSir Shankar Prasada1948 (Date unknown) 25 January 1950
Under the Republic of India
Delhi (1950–1956) Delhi was a Type-C state until 1956, which gave Delhi a Chief Commissioner appointed by the President of India (Head of State), a State Legislative Assembly (Local-level Legislature) and a place in both Houses of Parliament.
Chief Commissioners (1950–1956) +List of Chief Commissioners in the state of DelhiNameTermAppointed byStartEndShankar Prasada 26 January 19501954 (Date unknown)Dr. Rajendra PrasadAnand Dattahaya Pandit1954 (Date unknown) 31 October 1956
Legislative Assembly of Delhi (1952–1956) Delhi, with entire India, voted for the first time for the national elections to choose a democratically elected government for the first time. The state assembly elections were held with the national elections and 1st Delhi Legislative Assemblywas formed by the winners of the election in each constituency. +S.No.ConstituencyMemberParty1Kotla Feroze ShahShanta VasishtINC2Parliament StreetKaushaleshwar Prasad Shankara3Safdar JangDaljit Singh4Lodhi RoadShiva Nandan Rishi5Puran Qilla Viney NagarPushpa Devi6Delhi CanttRaghvendra Singh7Reading RoadAmin ChandBJS8Prafulla Ranjan ChakravartyINC9Chittar GuptaKartar Singh10MantolaMushtaq Rai11Ram NagarShankar Lal12Jhanday WalanGhardhari Lal SalwanBJS13Kashmere GateBhagwan DassINC14Chandni ChowkYudhvir Singh15Phatak Habash KhanHarkishan Lal16MaliwaraAnand Raj17BallimaranSultan Yar Khan18Chawri BazarNuruddin Ahmad19Ajmeri GateShafiq Ur Rehman Kidwai20Sita Ram Bazar Turkman GateShiv Charan Dass21Sudershan Singh22Kucha ChelanMushtaq AhmadSP23Darya GanjGurmukh Nihal SinghINC24ChandrawalHukam Singh25RoshanaraJagan Nath26Arya PuraMangal Dass27TokriwalanGopinath28Deputy GanjSham CharanBJS29Pahari Dhiraj Basti JullahanHem Chand JainINC30Dhanpat Rai31Manak PuraB.D. JoshiSP32Tibbia CollegeRam SinghABHM33NaiwalaDilawar SinghBJS34Rehgar Pura Dev NagarDaya RamINC35Sushila Nayar36Kishan Ganj Anad ParbatJag Pravesh Chandra37Civil LinesKrishna38Kingsway CampJang bahadur SinghBJS39WazirabadFateh SinghINC40ShahdaraChinta Mani41NarelaMange Ram42Prabhu Dayal43NangloiChaudhary Brahm Prakash44KhanjhawlaBhup SinghIND45Isa PurSubedat Hati SinghINC46Najaf GarhAjit Singh47MehrauliMitter Sen48Sukh Dev
Members in Parliament Provisional Parliament (26 January 1950 – 17 April 1952) As Constituent Assembly completed the task of making the constitution, it converted itself into a Provisional Parliament, which shall work until the first democratic elections in India take place.
Deshbandhu Gupta represented Delhi in the parliament from 26 January 1950 until his death on 21 November 1951. As the procedure for the first national elections had started, his office remained vacant and Delhi had no representative for the remaining tenure of the parliament. 1st Lok Sabha After nationwide elections, 1st Lok Sabha was formed in 1952.
Delhi sent 4 members from its 3 constituencies +Representatives of Delhi in 1st Lok SabhaConstituencyMemberPartyNew DelhiSucheta KriplaniKMPPDelhi CityRadha RamanINCOuter DelhiNaval PrabhakarC. Krishnan Nayar Rajya Sabha members from Delhi
Delhi was given 1 Rajya Sabha seat. +Representatives of Delhi in Rajya SabhaMemberPartyTermNoteStartEndOnkar NathINC 3 April 1952 16 April 1955ResignedVacant 17 April 1955 12 May 1955Mehr Chand KhannaINC 13 May 1955 14 December 1956ResignedDelhi as a state stopped existing from 1 November 1956
Union Territory of Delhi (1956–1992) States Reorganisation Act, 1956 made Delhi a Union Territory without Legislature. Though the Union Territory retained its right to send representatives in both the Houses of Parliament. Rajya Sabha members were sent via elections in Delhi Municipal/Metropolitan Council and Lok Sabha members were sent through direct elections. The Chief Commissioner of Delhi was still the head of the state until 1966 when the office was replaced by the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.
Chief Commissioner of the Union Territory of Delhi +* Exact date unknownNameCivil ServicesTermAppointed byStartEndAnand Dattahaya PanditIndian Civil Service 1 November 1956 *1959Dr. Rajendra PrasadBhagwan Sahay *1959 *1963Venkata Vishwanathan *1964 6 September 1966Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanAditya Nath Jha 7 September 1966 3 June 1966
Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Delhi (1966–1991) Delhi Administration Act, 1966 established the office of Lieutenant Governor of Delhi which replaced the office of Chief Commissioner of Delhi. +#OfficeholderAssociated Armed/Civil ServicesTermAppointed by (President of India)StartEnd1Aditya Nath JhaIndian Civil Service7 November 196619 January 1972Sarvepalli RadhakrishnanActingM.C. Pimputkar19 January 197223 April 1972V. V. Giri2Baleshwar PrasadIndian Administrative Service24 April 19723 October 19743Krishan ChandIndian Civil Service3 October 197430 March 1978Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed4Dalip Rai Kohli30 March 197817 February 1980Neelam Sanjiva Reddy5Jagmohan MalhotraIndian Administrative Service17 February 198030 March 19816Sundar Lal Khurana30 March 19812 September 1982(5)Jagmohan Malhotra2 September 198225 April 1984Zail Singh7P. G. Gavai25 April 1984November 19848Mohan M.K. WaliNovember 1984November 19859H. L. KapurAir Vice Marshal16 November 19853 August 1988Param Vishisht Seva MedalAti Vishisht Seva Medal10Romesh BhandariIndian Foreign Service4 August 198811 December 1989Ramaswamy Venkataraman11Arjan SinghMarshal of the Air Force12 December 1989December 1990Distinguished Flying Cross12Markandey SinghIndian Police ServiceDecember 19902 February 1992
Members of Parliament from the Union Territory of Delhi
+ Lok SabhaLok SabhaConstituencyMemberPartyNote1Delhi CityRadha RamanINCOuter DelhiNaval PrabhakarOuter Delhi was a Double Member Constituency, and the last one in Delhi Since then, all constituencies are single-memberC. Krishnan NayarNew DelhiSucheta Kriplani2ResignedBalraj MadhokBJSElected in 1961 by-election, served remaining termOuter Delhi (SC)Naval PrabhakarINCOuter DelhiC. Krishnan Nair3Chowdhury Brahm PerkashChandni ChowkSham NathDelhi SadarShiv Charan GuptaKarol Bagh (SC)Naval PrabhakarNew DelhiMehr Chand Khanna4Outer Delhi (SC)Chowdhury Brahm PerkashChandni ChowkRam Gopal ShawlwaleBJSDelhi SadarKanwar Lal GuptaEast DelhiHardayal DevgunKarol Bagh (SC)R. S. VidyarthiNew DelhiManohar Lal SondhiSouth DelhiBalraj Madhok5Chandani ChowkSubhadra JoshiINCDelhi SadarAmar Nath ChawlaEast DelhiH.K.L. BhagatINC(I)Karol Bagh (SC)T. Sohan LalINCNew DelhiKrishna Chandra PantINC(I)Mukul BanerjeeINCOuter Delhi (SC)Chaudhry Dalip SinghSouth DelhiShashi Bhushan6New DelhiAtal Bihari VajpayeeBLDSouth DelhiVijay Kumar MalhotraOuter DelhiBrahm PerkashEast DelhiKishore LalChandni ChowkSikander BakhtDelhi SadarKanwar Lal GuptaKarol Bagh (SC)Shiv Narain Sarsonia7New DelhiAtal Bihari VajpayeeJPSplit in Janata Party forms Bharatiya Janata PartyBJPSouth DelhiCharanjit Singh (West Friends Colony)INCOuter DelhiSajjan KumarEast DelhiH. K. L. BhagatChandni ChowkBhiku Ram JainDelhi SadarJagdish TytlerKarol Bagh (SC)Dharam Dass Shastri8Delhi SadarJagdish TytlerEast DelhiH. K. L. BhagatKarol Bagh (SC)Sundarwati Nawal PrabhakarNew DelhiKrishna Chandra PantNorth East DelhiJai Prakash AgarwalOuter Delhi (SC)Chaudhary Bharat SinghSouth DelhiLalit MakenDied in 1985Arjun SinghWon by-election in 1985, served remaining term9New DelhiLal Krishna AdvaniBJPSouth DelhiMadan Lal KhuranaOuter DelhiTarif SinghJDEast DelhiH. K. L. BhagatINCChandni ChowkJai Prakash AggarwalDelhi SadarVijay Kumar MalhotraBJPKarol BaghKalka Dass10New DelhiLal Krishna AdvaniBJPResignedRajesh KhannaINCWon by-election, served remaining termSouth DelhiMadan Lal KhuranaBJPOuter DelhiSajjan KumarINCEast DelhiBaikunth Lal SharmaBJPChandni ChowkTarachand KhandelwalDelhi SadarJagdish TytlerINCKarol BaghKalka DassBJP
+Members representing the Union Territory of Delhi in Rajya SabhaName of memberPartyTanureNoteStartEndMehr Chand KhannaINC13 May 195514 December 1956ResignedRepresented the state of Delhi before the UT was formedOnkar Nath24 November 19562 April 1960Served 2nd termBegum Siddiqa Kidwai24 November 19562 April 1958S. K. Dey31 January 19571 March 1962Elected in by-election to replace Mehr Chand Khanna. Served remaining termHad to resign as he was elected to 3rd Lok Sabha from NagpurBegum Siddiqa Kidwai3 April 19583 June 1958Died on 3 June 1958Ahmed Ali MirzaIndependent17 September 19582 April 1964Served 2nd termElected in by-election to replace Begum Siddiwa Kidwai Served remaining termShanta VasishtINC3 April 19602 April 1966Sardar Santokh Singh16 April 196215 April 1968Shanta VasishtINC(O)3 April 19662 April 1972Served 2nd termBhai MahavirBJS16 April 196815 April 1974L. K. Advani3 April 19702 April 1976Savita BehenINC3 April 19722 April 1978Khurshed Alam Khan16 April 197415 April 1980Charanjit Chanana3 April 19762 April 1982Jagannathrao JoshiBJP3 April 1978 2 April 1984Shamim Ahmed SiddiquiINC21 November 198320 November 1989Laxmi Narain21 November 198320 November 1989Vishwa Bandhu Gupta3 April 19842 April 1990
National Capital Territory of Delhi (1992–present)