Desert area of quaking bog near the capital of India (4)

I believe the answer is:

gobi

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'desert area of' is the definition.
'gobi' can be an answer for 'desert' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'area of' bit.

'quaking bog near the capital of india' is the wordplay.
'quaking' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters quake or shake).
'near the' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'capital of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'india' is 'i'.
'bog' is an anagram of 'gob'.
'gob'+'i'='GOBI'

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(Other definitions for gobi that I've seen before include "Desert, cauliflower in Indian cuisine" , "Dry spot" , "Desert, mostly in Mongolia" , "Large Far Eastern desert" , "Mongolian expanse" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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