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The middle class, the masses, the teeming millions of India - the common man, the Indian on the street! A crowded street in New Delhi... and some of the 22 million denizens of the city! 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 Noi