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Delhi has been an important political centre of India as the capital of several empires. [1] The recorded history of Delhi begins with the 8th century Tomar Rajput dynasty. [2] [3] It is considered to be a city built, destroyed and rebuilt several times, as outsiders who successfully invaded the Indian subcontinent would ransack the existing capital city in Delhi, and those who came to conquer ...
Old Delhi (Hindustani: Purāni Dillī) is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city and officially named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra . [ 1 ]
New Delhi is the largest commercial city in northern India. It has an estimated net State Domestic Product (FY 2010) of ₹1,595 billion (US$19 billion) in nominal terms and ~ ₹6,800 billion (US$81 billion) in PPP terms. [95] As of 2013, the per capita income of Delhi was Rs. 230000, second highest in India after Goa.
Delhi is the capital. Mughal Empire Timeline 1526 – Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodi in the Battle of Panipat, founding the Mughal Empire. 1530 – Babur dies; his son Humayun ascends the throne. 1540 – Humayun loses his empire to Sher Shah Suri. 1555 – Humayun regains the Mughal throne after Sher Shah's death. 1556 – Humayun dies; his son ...
Indo-Pacific. Location in Delhi, India, Asia. The Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila (Hindustani: [laːl qiːlaː]) is a historic fort in Delhi, India, that historically served as the main residence of the Mughal emperors. Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort on 12 May 1639, when he decided to shift his capital from Agra ...
ncrpb.nic.in. The National Capital Region (NCR; Hindi: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra) is a planning region centred upon the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi in India. It encompasses Delhi and several districts surrounding it from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. [2] The NCR and the associated National ...
Lodi Gardens is a city park situated in New Delhi, India.Spread over 90 acres (360,000 m 2), [1] it contains Mohammed Shah's Tomb, the Tomb of Sikandar Lodi, the Shisha Gumbad and the Bara Gumbad, [2] architectural works of the 15th century by Lodis - who ruled parts of northern India and Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of modern-day Pakistan, from 1451 to 1526 are present here.
Delhi, [a] officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions.