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Delhi is officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT) that includes the Indian capital. It is the second most populous metropolis of India after Mumbai. With a population of 16.3 million in 2011, the city is also the eighth most populous metropolis in the world. The NCT and its urban region has been given the special status of National Capital Region (NCR) under the Indian constitution's 69th amendment act of 1991. There are nearly 22.2 million residents in the greater NCR urban area, which includes the neighbouring cities of Baghpat, Gurgaon, Sonepat, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida along with other smaller nearby towns. Delhi is known to have been continuously inhabited since 6th century BC. Through most period of its history, Delhi has served as a capital of ki