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Delhi’s heritage has 2,000 years of history and includes more than 1,000 tombs, [[forts]], [[havelis]], [[baoli]]s, and [[darwaza]]s. The city received the title of a 'World heritage city'. To achieve that status, [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage]] (INTACH), a nationwide non–profit organization founded (by former [[Primeprime Ministerminister]] [[Rajiv Gandhi]]) in 1984 to protect the common national heritage, Delhi Chapter, signed a MoU with the Delhi government with the objective of ensuring urban development in congruence with the architectural monuments of the city. In this context, [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]], an [[Indophile]], states that "only [[Rome]], [[Istanbul]] and [[Cairo]] can even begin to rival Delhi for the sheer volume and density of historic remains".{{Dead link|date=July 2009}}<ref name=thai>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/intach-to-sign-mou-with-delhi-government-to-develop-a-world-heritage-city_10067120.html.|title= INTACH to sign MoU with Delhi Government to develop a World Heritage City|access-date=2009-04-11|publisher=Thaindian News|date=2008-07-02}}</ref><ref name=mayank>{{Cite web|url=http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016145324/http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html|url-status=live|archive-date=2010-10-16|title=Special: Will Delhi Wake Up to its Heritage?|access-date=2009-04-11|author=Mayank Austen Soofi|author-link=Mayank Austen Soofi|publisher=The Delhiwalla blogshot.com|date=2008-07-04}}</ref> To achieve this goal, 46 historical monuments have been selected by the ASI for renovation work and the Barakhamba monument is one of them, and INTACH Delhi Chapter has categorised it under Grade "A" in terms of heritage value.<ref name=great/> The restoration works of this heritage structure in the strategic Nizamuddin heritage complex is slated for completion before the commencement of the Commonwealth Games in 2010.<ref name=delhi/>
