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The Capital
of India
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| Delhi is perhaps the
most important metropolitan city in India. Being the capital
city of the country it is the seat of power. Through the
annals of history, Delhi has been the most coveted place
for the Indians as well as the foreign invaders. The city
has a large population and it is a melting pot for people
all over the country who have come here and made it their
own. It has a rich historical past as is evident from
the various monuments which bear witness to the rich and
varied heritage of Delhi. Delhi shares its borders with
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, but the boundaries are not
obvious as the population has spilled over to these states
and now Gurgaon and Faridabad and NOIDA and Ghaziabad
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| Towering sky-scrapers
next to historical monuments, posh South Extension market
and the crowded Bazaars of Chandni Chowk, the Greater
Kailash colony and the Yamuna Pushta slums - all exist
side by side. Delhi Metro Tour will take you to many residential
areas and commercial hubs in North, West, and East Delhi.
It's the most viable way to cover most of Delhi in a short
span of time, as Metro trains are available at a frequency
of 4 minutes during peak time. Come! Take a tour of Delhi's
best Hotels and enjoy a wonderful stay at this capital
city of India. |
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| History
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Delhi, situated between the Aravalis hills and the
River Yamuna, had the attention of almost every conqueror
in this part of the world. The oldest reference to Delhi
is made in the Mahabharata that states that Pandavas
founded a city called Indraprastha beside the River
Yamuna in 1450 BC.
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| Since then conquerors
from the north treated Delhi as the gateway to the Indian
sub-continent, with repeated invasion and creation of
empires and kingdoms, Delhi was built and demolished time
again. Thus in the course of history seven medieval cities
were formed. King Anangpal of Tomar built the first city
of Delhi in 1069 AD. Prithviraj Chauhan, the famous Rajput
hero, and Quitubuddin AIbak the first sultan of Delhi
improved on it. Qutab Minar from the time of Quitubuddin
is still a dominant structure in Delhi. During the 11th
century AD Aladdin Khilji built a new city called Siri.
This magnificent city located northeast of original Tomar
city is the second medieval city of Delhi. |
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| When Tughlaq dynasty
came into being in 1320, Ghyasuddin Tughlaq built Tughlakabad,
the third city of Delhi, in the hills of South Delhi.
The forth city of Delhi was Jahanpanah. Sultan Mohamed
Tughlaq, the son of Ghyasuddin Tughlaq built it between
Lal Kot and Siri. With Firoz Shah at the helm of reign,
Delhi prospered and peace prevailed. He built the fifth
city of Delhi along the banks of River Yamuna. He also
built many palaces, mosques and gardens. |
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| After the battle of
Panipat I in 1526 Mughals established their supremacy
over Delhi. Humayun started building the Mughal capital
of Dinpanah. But Sher Shah, the Afghan warrior drove him
out and established a mighty empire with the best administration
system that the city had ever seen. His capital Sher Garh,
the sixth city of Delhi, extended from Purana Quila (old
fort) to the edge of Firoz Shah Kotla. In 1555 Humayun
regained power and Mughals ruled Delhi once again. During
Akbar's reign Agra was the capital of Mughals. In 1638
Shahjahan shifted the capital to Delhi and built the seventh
city of Delhi, Shahjahanabad by 1648. Many monuments of
Shahjahanabad remain in old Delhi. The decline of Mughal
Empire began during the reign of Aurangzeb. In the 19th
century British East India Company rose into power. The
last of Mughal Emperors, Bahadur Shah Zafar surrendered
to the British. In the coronation Durbar in 1911, King
George V formally announced the transfer of British Indian
Capital from Calcutta to Delhi.
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