Darwin (Australia) : Port. Allied HQ in WW II. Bombed by Japan in 1942.

Delphi (Greece) : A village famous in ancient Greece as the sancuary of Apollo and the seat of his oracle.

Dhaka (Bangladesh) : Capital. 'The city of mosques'. Centre of world's biggest jute growing region. From 1947 it was East Pakistan and later in 1971 it become a free country - Bangladesh.

Dharamsala (India) : The home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. Hill station established in the 19 th century.