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Both Old and New Delhi exert a beguiling charm on visitors. Lose yourself unwinding the secrets of the city's Mughal past in the labyrinthine streets of Old Delhi before emerging in the wide open spaces of imperial New Delhi, with its ordered governmental vistas and generous leafy avenue Like 2 cities in one.
It's an excellent base for visiting Agra and the Taj Mahal, and the Rajasthani colour of Jaipur is less than five hours away. If you're heading north to the Himalayas or east to the ghats of Varanasi, you'll probably pass through Delhi.
As much as it can boast of its chequered present, Delhi has an equally if not better past. The ancient history of Delhi manifested in the landmarks and memorials still stands testimony to the present history. The times when the epic Mahabharata was written refers to Delhi as Indraprastha and was supposed to have been founded by the Pandavas in as early as 1450 B.C. whose remains have been excavated within the ramparts of the Old Fort (Purana Qila) .
The Gupta and the Maurya dynasties, around 320 A.D. when India was known as the Golden Bird, were mesmerised by the elegant vistas of Delhi and made their presence felt for a long time while ruling from Indraprastha. This was followed by the Muslim Kings in the latter half of the 12th century and then by the slave Kings and the Khaljis who ruled for over a century and built a new capital Siri, in 1302 A.D. where today stands the imposing Siri Fort area and the Asian Games Village. After the Khaljis came the Tughlaks in the early 15th century who gave an additional impetus to the building activity in Indraprastha with the shaping of the Tughlakabad Fort built by Ghyias-ud-din Tughlak. This was not the end of the new revival initiated by the Tughlaks and was followed by the setting up of the cities of Jahanpanah( asylum of the world) and Firozabad (Kotla Ferozeshah) by the successors of Ghyias-ud-din.
A brief history of Delhi is opposite.
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Brief History of Delhi
1400 BC Indraprastha
1000 BC Raja Dhilu founded 'Dilli' according to Legend
900 AD Tomars
1151 AD Chauhan captures Delhi
1191 AD Mohammad Ghur captures Delhi
1200 AD First storey of Qutub Minar built
1305 AD Hauz Khas built
1323 AD Tughlaqubad built
1354 AD Ferozabad built
1388 AD Begampuri Masjid built
1489 AD Moth Ki Masjid built
1517 AD Tomb of Sikander Lodi built
1538 AD Din Panah (Purana Quilla)
1565 AD Humayun's Tomb built
1648 AD Capital shifted to Shahjahanabad
1724 AD Jantar Mantar built
1803 AD British take over Delhi
1857 AD Seige of Delhi
1877 AD Durbar in Delhi
1911 AD Corononation Durbar in Delhi
1931 AD New Delhi inagurated
1947 AD India becomes independent
1950 AD Delhi made the Capital of Republic
1962 AD Master plan for Delhi drawn up
1985 AD National Capital region demarcated
1992 AD Delhi becomes a State
2002 Delhi Escape opens
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