Fifty Years of Noida: From 36 Villages to a City That Changed How India Thinks About Urban Planning
April 17, 1976 Today, Noida turns fifty. On April 17, 1976, the Government of Uttar Pradesh notified 36 villages lying between the Yamuna and Hindon rivers as the New Okhla Industrial Development Area. The notification was issued under the UP Industrial Area Development Act, 1976. The land was mostly agricultural, occupied by Gujjar farming communities […]
