Delhi in the '90s | Archival Footage of Dilli as we knew it, before it became a giant metropolis

A montage of moving imagery from 1990's Delhi - New, Old and Newest! A iook down the central vista before the grand mega plans took over. A simpler city. AIIMS flyover when it was being made! As one viewer rightsly points out, there are many Bajaj Chetak scooters on the road...
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Delhi in the '90s | Archival Footage of Dilli as we knew it, before it became a giant metropolis.
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[@Aryandubey65]

Those beautiful days without smart phones, that feeling of waiting for the evening to play cricket, no such traffic, no fancy malls, just peace and pure lifestyle. Neighbors were so close to each other, every festival hit different, life was full of excitement then❤ the delhi in 1990’s❤

[@RoNसिंह]

Sach kaha 90s ek alag hi duniya thi jisne vo time jiya asal me usi ne zindagi jee hai... Ab to sab kuch fake lagta hai bas show off ka zamana hai ...

[@vivekrapper3]

Ham jese honge duniya hamare liye vesi Aaj bhi ham 90s ko jee sakte hen! Cricket log Aaj bhi khelte hain no traffic places bhi boht Hain chill out ke liye! Aur ek baar phone switch off krke dekhen to SB vesai lgta hai ❤

[@animamallick531]

Atleast there is no terror attacks in Delhi nowadays , unlike in 1990s

[@shuaib51]

So true indeed bro, this post made me emotional, just yesterday I visited India Gate, though itz so close to my place but was been several years, Delhi is been totally changed now.

[@GangsterOfindiaa]

What do you mean several years? How close is itbfrom your home? And how many years it's been since you visited it before the last visit?​@@animamallick531

[@agoshgaur5335]

The biggest change I notice is that you can see that the air used to be much cleaner in Delhi just based on visibility. I remember visiting it in the 90s and even early 2000s and it used to be still clean and I think it really started to get over polluted beginning in the mid 2000s

[@ranjittyagi9354]

U r correct, fellow Gaur!

[@drsidiyengar]

the reason for delhi pollution is development of gurgoan and noida which lead to more vehicles, industry ultimately more pollution

[@sideho150]

There has been a drastic change post 2007 in traffic and pollution. I can't feel the winters the way I used to back in 90s . Also sparrows are a major missing 😢

[@Grimeyhoob]

No pollution caused by AAP government. If Modiji in charge then Delhi would be spotless clean and full of everyone crorepati dancing and singing with joy. Jai Modiji, he is bhagwaan, he is ishvar, he is Pitaji of Bharath nation. Jai Modiji

[@thecomment9489]

Air was not much cleaner. Efforts to reduce pollution in Delhi were there in the 1990s itself. Yes Delhi's pollution has become a big news in last few yeas but in the 1990s it used to be the same specially during winters there used to be think fog which mainly consisted of pollution and less of winter mist.

[@endlessjourneyentertainmen7343]

90s delhi was very beautiful and great because of 90s people! I’m glad my childhood belongs to 80s 90s GOLDEN ERA

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Yes. That charm has gone now, sadly!

[@seedhasaadabhartiya3312]

It was not beautiful for sure. You need eye checkup

[@55554ppp]

u r my brother

[@vishalbhatnagar4305]

It was worst then Hell in 90s. I have experienced from 1995 to 2007. It started to improve after 2003, when metro system network gained momentum. Before that Delhi was a f****"g shit...

[@bittoochatterjee2661]

You are 101% Right . I agree .

[@mighty_Indian]

Beautiful capturing of 1990’s Delhi. Brings back all school memories

[@NASTIKBHAI]

Bhai 😔

[@Grimeyhoob]

Brings back gay memories

[@seedhasaadabhartiya3312]

​@@Grimeyhoobwhat, lol

[@shubhshar]

Incredible compilation - Old roads, old builings, Fiats, HM, Contessa, ambassadors, Diesel DTC, CNG DTC, Blue Line buses, old ITO intersection, Connaught Place, school dresses, children, bicycles, and what not! Thanks for the video WileFilmsIndia. Made a lot of memories to come back.

[@YJB8CCFC]

Last visited India in 1998. Looks like it’s changed a lot. Loved the old Delhi Transport Buses, the rickshaws, the hustle and bustle of Connought Place. I’ll be back visiting soon hopefully

[@namachiwagokhana9376]

You're welcome my friend

[@jxinashish]

its a different world now.

[@prathyushareddy5885]

Beautiful video...Delhi is as busy as now even in 90s but only difference is people don't have phones in their hands

[@Asifbiswas95]

As born and brought up in new delhi around mid 90s there is still some old memories which i will never forget as a toddler i walked a lot holding hand of my late grandmother (Nani) around the streets of naraina, being went wid family at India gate,qutub minar around late 90s and i still remember the movies i have seen not clearly i remember it was aa ab Laut chalein at pvr payel and Bade Miya chote Miya at janak cinema (back at that time when it was existed)

[@dhananjaymalhotra7854]

Delhi of the 90s : more beautiful, more slow paced, more peaceful, more livable, cleanee than today. Delhi has deteriorated so much in the last few years. It is harrowing. But, once a Delhiite, always a Delhiite. Jeena yahan , marna yahan, iske Siva Jana kahan. Dilli meri jaan.

[@Sunnykr275]

Kya delhi...it becomes a total trash now with pollution and people dumb mindset....no car parking....illegal colonies full pollution....used to be here 22 years now it's all become trash now

[@r.22r]

Delhi was always a giant metropolis. Be it in 90s or even decades ago! Its always been a massive city.

[@rikooangloindianpunjabi5824]

But much more livable in d 90s

[@akshaybisht901]

I have spend my 18years in old delhi. Born & brought up & completed my 12th. No much pollution at that time & fortunate to visit first metro on first day between tees hazari to shahdra. How time flies 😊

[@shaliniv470]

Ab toh UP Bihar se bhar gya Delhi aur Delhi ka yehe haal dekh ke bahut rona aata hai 😭😭😭😭 Pan supari gutka daru sab ne delhi ki haal bura kar diya .aur ghar toh aise hai ke ek dubbe ke upper dusra dubba chada rahe hai na koi gap na koi strong building aur na hi air hawa ka ventilation, aur hajaro bimariya panap rahi hai

[@ramkanyasahu3777]

Rohingya or Bangladeshi na bhi kachra kar diya Delhi ka

[@varun925]

Absolutely!! The entire city has been taken over by cattle class gujjars, Biharis & UP. It’s a slum now except those malls which provide some hope that you don’t live in a shithole

[@seedhasaadabhartiya3312]

Wow, UP Bihari, Aur tere dimag me hai regionalism ki bimari!

[@vinaykumar-rq6xe]

दिल्ली में कोई आज से प्रवासी नही रह रहे है। दिल्ली को प्रवासियो ने ही बनाया है भूलो मत।

[@shaliniv470]

@@vinaykumar-rq6xe Delhi mai punjabi baniya aur thode bahut utter Pradesh the but ab gandgai bhar gayi hai crime rape city ban gayi hai aur bihaar toh aisa lagta hai pura uth ke aa gya islye punjabiyo ne Delhi chorna shuru kar diya , bihari hona ek gaali hai aur bada apmaan hai

[@lakshmisrinivasan8439]

The Delhi from 1980 to 2000 very beautiful, quiet and nostalgic.

[@arpandey139]

Indigo flight was started in August 2006

[@runningfellow]

This video is mixture of different time period. Not limited to 90's. In middle The cars on road are from 2004/5 to 2010.

[@Prttham]

@@pro_razegamingshorts9232 yeah , it was blue line metro station which was opened in 2005 or 2006

[@bluemoon003ify]

I think Indigo wasn't there in 90s

[@godofwarwar9691]

Who thinks that delhi was more beautiful in 90s

[@rikooangloindianpunjabi5824]

Me!

[@wlf15]

Me

[@supersayaaain]

But then 90s people use to say that 70s delhi was more beautiful

[@ranjittyagi9354]

@@supersayaaain and this statement is true! And it was way more beautiful in 1950 and 1935! I quote these years for a reason. I'm 45 but my mom was born in 1935.

[@Ayush-x7s5c]

Nom

[@aditi.t]

Wow! so nostalgic. I grew up in Delhi. I miss India gate before all the construction that was done. I remember my family celebrating my father's birthday in the park near India gate. Delhi surely has changed a lot since then but i do like the Delhi metro and Green and Red line buses. My early memories of Delhi is from early 2000s to 2010s.

[@shuaib51]

Thank you for sharing such a lovely video of our Delhi 😊

[@preetrawat6819]

This video made my day and made me emotional

[@MostPowerfulPMofIndia]

Yes I remember due to my life changing travel trip of north India in 1999

[@ari91629]

This video footage is after year 2000 i did see wagon r,santro and other mpfi cars along with cng autorickshaws and cng buses

[@akshaychaturvedi5656]

Wao childhood Memories born Again watching The video fantastic

[@bittoochatterjee2661]

As a late 1960's born Indian , Delhite I just cannot compare Indian people of 1970, 1980 , 190's with Today 's Indian people of 2000, 2010, 2020 , 2023. We were 1000 Times better Off than today

[@globalcitizenn]

After 2014 everything changed. Almost like India doesn’t exist anymore.. it’s just being robbed and scammed by a bunch of dacoits

[@BhagwaGiri]

Thank you god for making me a 90s kid!! I always miss those days

[@bittoochatterjee2661]

As a 21 year old in 1990's I used to roam around all over delhi in my Premier Padmini Fiat car . Petrol was cheap Less number of Cars on Roads Live was Peaceful Those were the years 👍👍👌👌❤❤😊😊

[@Englishwithrohitraina]

This is mid 2000s at the very least . First metro line opened in 2004

[@NehaMishra-le5fe]

Thanks for putting up a collection of videos, some were old and some were really very old, while even some were concatenated that of CoViD era too, I enjoyed the collection, thanks for showing them...!

[@yudhisthirasahoo3585]

Waah yaar kya din the wo... ❤️ Missing a lot my childhood days and Zakir Hussain college days.

[@amiydv]

My father was in Zakir Hussain

[@ranjittyagi9354]

@@amiydv waah, ache mil gye aap dono. ❤

[@ranjittyagi9354]

AMI ko jawab toh do yaar. Parha apne AMI ka comment?

[@rishabhsingh6023]

Delhi was way beautiful then , what have we done to delhi 😭😭😭

[@mcdonnell89]

Snake charmer with green auto in the background isn't 90s. It's early 2000s. Autos were black and yellow then. Also, Indigo airlines counter at airport is late 2000s as Indigo was founded in 2006. Kindly edit the video.

[@dr.madhar6533]

This is like early 2000s as Swift Dezire and Toyota Qualis are there.

[@ari91629]

True

[@shreyz8716]

IndiGo started in the year 2006. How come this footage is from the 90's ?

[@chikuchiku6265]

Iam 85 born.. nd really nice video

[@jishnuedhruvan7246]

This is not 90s .I believe that this is early 2000 because in 6:45 there is a Toyota quails.the quails was launched in 2000😁

[@Devashish101]

The airport clip starting at 8:27 is certainly not from the 90s. It is from after 2010 because it is a T3 clip of IGI. Also, IndiGo as an airline was only founded in 2006. Please correct.

[@SimranjeetSaini57]

Yes agree, even the metro station shown at 9:44 seems ahead of the year 2002 atleast ..

[@ykajad]

This seems late 90s ... U can see clearly a metro station

[@sbstyle5130]

Delhi was looking more beautiful than Today .... Encroachment destroyed the beauty of delhi.

[@vishalvats3265]

Vikaas ki bhi ek keemata chukaani padti h jin logo raston aur gharo se yaadein Judi hoti h wo bhi ek din nahi rehte

[@varun925]

Migration from Bihar, Jharkhand, UP & Haryana destroyed Delhi

[@seedhasaadabhartiya3312]

​@@varun925Delhi is built on Haryanvi land. Update your information.

[@sanjaydash18]

we Indians are tattus... we are unhygenic lot

[@shashikantchandanshive8577]

First 9 min. Delhi of 1990s was shown.......after that it was may be 2010 as you can see latest car models

[@soumyadipghoshal6917]

Nostalgic days...

[@shivam691000]

How does the Delhi metro operational in the 90's?

[@ug7578]

10:36 that swift model was launched in 2011

[@himanshurao3588]

Everyone is commenting past was golden. It is so much insane. Today's present will become the past very soon. So live in the moment and enjoy it to the fullest. Every time comes with its own pros and cons so embrace everything. We Indians are so regressive !!

[@RahulRaj-fk8lg]

Wish I could go back to that time, Childhood memories 😢

[@mrinalchoudhury7423]

This isn't 90s but early 2000s may be 2002 2003.. Later part of the video is from 2020s

[@MajiktheBeagle]

Correct 👍

[@ari91629]

True

[@harkeshyadav2959]

This was the time when my father and mother was young they were working so hard to feed us and earn money for the future. But now they are getting old. One thing I want to say that my father earned a lot in his young time and still he is earning and my mother always take care of my family and us ,one thing is sure then cannot that much ever as much my parents did for me,those days were so beautiful, less technology less pollution less crowd less people depressed , now what we do we starve a lot find a good salaried job we study years still not able to find our goals just drifting around. Those days were so good , internet was very rare at that time Peop;e were spending their time with fanily and doing physical activities but now everyone is busy with phones out.

[@NASTIKBHAI]

Bachpan ki yade taza ho gayi...

[@sahilmohan7983]

Man those yellow buses give me nostalgia ❤❤

[@sidlambo]

Yehi time tha Golden Time.. and Golden people … Saab apne the un dinoo…

[@RoNसिंह]

Sachi ab to sab kuch fake hai dosti pyar emotions sab

[@kartikmaji277]

DTC, Blue Line, Open area around India Gate and Parliament ❣ Though, this is not Delhi in '90s totally. 9:50 has a metro line, metro didn't start till Dec'2022. PS: I lived in Delhi

[@drfan94]

1:55 ke bad vali video shanp ki been vali 90's ki nhi hai ye lagbhag 2000 ki hogi piche khadi indica car 90's mai nhi thi or Auto ka ye model 90's mai nhi aaya tha, finally ye video only 90's ki nhi abhi recently ki bhi hai 5,6 saal pahle ki bhi battery riksha or new activa scooty hai isme

[@prashantnautiyal7019]

There is a lot of early 2000's as well in this footage as well. Not just the 90's Good But!

[@sunnysingh3202]

Some portions of the video are taken after the 2000s as i am noticing the cars which were launched after 2000

[@kamaladhikari2154]

In this video we can see the Delhi Metro, 9:49 I think it was early 2000 and might be between 2002 to 2004.

[@ashrafvs8654]

Thank you super video

[@NKSaxophone]

Kitna clear aur clean thi dilli

[@dibassarkar2898]

8:30 This clip is from the mid 2000s, Indigo was founded in 2006

[@prakashthakur9954]

Wow mera bharat kitna sundar thaaa us time bhi😊😊😊

[@vinodthapa464]

6:48 pe ITO red light hai kya

[@ksvikas5]

haye re bachpan...koi le chalo ussi time me

[@Prttham]

Watching those cycle rickshaw made me cry 😭

[@rinkurana2970]

Indigo started in 2006 this video is of same year not of 1990

[@mohittevathiya5105]

At 10.00 in video metro was seen but metro started in around 2002.

[@alfiemandella2258]

You mean 10:00

[@laba3423]

activa is aalso there could be more later than 2002

[@Sarthak-ij8tv]

8:50 how come innova is there in 1990s? 🤔

[@ashishsharma4853]

Correct. This is early 2000, not 90s.

[@adityabanerjee7145]

Power shortages, water shortages, rents going through the roof, few service jobs for middle class, very few colleges, IT and BPO revolution had not started, Gurgaon was known only for Maruti....but then we had a Nehru place, Nehru planetarium, Nehru university....pooja of the past supreme leader was supposed o keep us happy

[@rohitdagar625]

Brings back old days lived at King Edward M.A.R hostel mess near nirman bhawan😭😭

[@andrewcarnegie5342]

Why are you crying.

[@rohitdagar625]

Old days memories

[@ishangupta5650]

Indigo in the 90s??

[@dl25rider]

Ertiga, swift and even ciaz tak dikhi hai beech ki video main ye mix krke banai hai video lekin acchi hai fir bhi👍

[@ishanzutshi]

This is a video from early 2000 not 90’s you can see the metro and metro started in 2002

[@krishnarao6242]

I joined my first time job in Delhi in 1989..it was so hot climate I felt.i used to stay behind red light area GBRoad,as rickshaw wala guided me to a hotel,I was new to delhi by the time.

[@TheLumiereLens]

9:41 delhi metro was inaugurated on December 24, 2002.

[@TheLumiereLens]

10:11 e-rickshaw 😅

[@RailYaatrii]

Please explain what is this 9:06

[@fightingspirit675]

Metro station kaha se aa gaya be 90's me 😂

[@rjarjun_]

This video is NOT from 90s, there's metro, people are wearing masks.... I was born in Central Delhi & raised in the surrounding areas, I know how vintage, Delhi LOOKED back in 90s.... E-rickshaws in the video, maruti Swift, I mean, come on, please be truthful to the viewers 🙏🏼

[@pn8746]

yeah but that was only 1 segment of 1-minute footage where we can see e-rickshaws and metro station..rest is all past..must be editor fault

[@rjarjun_]

@@pn8746 I stumbled on to this one, well & truly reminds me of my childhood days (true 90s era). Whereas in this one, every few seconds, video goes back to the Rashtrapati bhawan & the surrounding areas 🙄

[@AbhishekKumar-fl8bw]

Some of the footage in this video is from early and even late 2000s though.. We can judge by the car models

[@gulabjamun6897]

Nostalgia

[@najeebms8006]

80s and 90s Indian roads all maruti800 cars ❤❤

[@abhishekpareek23]

i think that under construction flyover in the video was AIIMS flyover

[@AnjumRaihan]

This video is not of the 90's. Vehicles, Metro, Airlines etc are of 2000's. Indigio Airlines started in 2005-06, Delhi Metro in 2003-04.

[@sajushtiwari]

8:30, wasn't INDIGO airlines founded in 2006? How come it shows in a 1990's video?

[@muzzsingh4567]

It’s Sahara aircraft ! It’s not indigo

[@anujdev22222]

who else agrees these times were better than today....pollution, ppl, trafic and more

[@dilseweeb2010]

Damm those green yellow buses

[@sethiankit2210]

This is not 1990s, this video is atleast post 2006 as it shows Indigo Airlines which was formed in 2006.

[@bunnyblizzard5292]

Those days❤️❤️❤️

[@heeralal5294]

Bhai tara indica model tha, sapere me peeche dekho, ye wala auto bhi tha kya

[@SurenderSingh-xx8xs]

OMG that Chetak scooters in roads 🥰🥰

[@sagar.modi22]

after 09:02 these are shots of after 2010 .

[@soumnag7388]

Missed it by a decade :(

[@chikuchiku6265]

90 k dashak m metro nhi thi..metro started in Delhi in 2001

[@tiffgplu2590]

metro was inaguarated on Xmas Day 2002

[@vishalvats3265]

@@tiffgplu2590 kyun gap maar raha h metro mere gaon old seelampur village se shuru hui 23 december 1999 main atal bihari vajpayee ne urban kataa tha

[@laba3423]

@@vishalvats3265 construction ka ribbon kata hoga

[@vishalvats3265]

@@laba3423 nahi pehle metro station ka welcome to seelampur

[@dj1998deep]

8:29 indigo kaha se aagyi 1990s mei?

[@ROHITKUMAR-sw2mt]

Clean air❤

[@TheKoneeka]

The background score is❤

[@pulkitshukla7220]

Indigo flight hi jab 2006 me launch hui to 90s me kaha se aa gayi? 😮😮😮

[@darkraider0477]

1990s Mei Innova kaha se aa Gaya?? 8:55

[@suraj9015]

THIS IS VIDEO IS NOT OF 90'S COMPLETELY . THE CARS SEEN IN TRAFFIC ARE ABOVE 2013 MODEL. ONLY SOME SEENS ARE GENUINE .

[@ManojKumar-dk4sz]

Air quality is indeed better

[@sunrisevideosgamingandmuch7791]

Funny thing is many people thinking this tome was better...when you read about lee kuan yews delhi visits he says delhi used to be a vibrant city back in 60s it degraded a lot in the 90s....rhe air was polluted there were enroachmetns everywhere

[@vikasbishnoi6681]

born in delhi 1991, delhi is not changed a bit. Its just migrants from up bihar has increased many folds and every one got a vehicle now.

[@rupeshsingh5066]

I doubt this video is from 90's because there was no battery rickshaw in those days

[@MayankSharma-yl2vt]

Battery Rikshaw to abhi 10 saal pehle hi aaye hain bhai. 90s ka kaise hogya ye.

[@aryanvatss9023]

90s main metro kaha thi .?😮

[@anjaliangel2045]

nostalgia