Delhi has seen the rise and fall of many empires which have left behind numerous monuments that attest to the grandeur and glory of bygone ages. Delhi - Ancient history. Traditionally, Delhi is said to be the site of the magnificent and opulent Indraprastha, capital of the Pandavas in the Indian epic Mahabharata, founded around 5000 BC. A village called Indarpat existed in Delhi until the beginning of the 19th century. The British demolished the ancient village to make way for the construction of New Delhi in the late 19th century. Archaeological evidence suggests that Indraprastha once s ...

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Delhi, Delhi - History, Delhi - Ancient history, Delhi - 8th century to 16th century, Delhi - 16th century to Present, Delhi - Government, Delhi - Districts, Delhi - Suburbs/Satellite towns, Delhi - Geography and Climate, Delhi - Demographics, Delhi - Economy, Delhi - Tourism, Delhi - Entertainment, Delhi - Transportation, Delhi - Roadways, Delhi - Auto-rickshaws, Delhi - Taxis, Delhi - Buses, Delhi - Metro, Delhi - Railway connectivity, Delhi - Airports, Delhi - Sports, Delhi - Education, Delhi - Famous people from Delhi, Delhi - Newspapers

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The sixty-ninth amendment to the Constitution of India in 1991, granted Delhi the status of a special union territory and officially changed it's name to the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). Delhi has its own Legislative Assembly, Lieutenant Governor, Council of Ministers and Chief Minister. The Legislative Assembly seats are filled by direct election from territorial constituencies in the NCT. However, Delhi is jointly administered by the Union Government of India and the Territorial Government of Delhi. New Delhi, an urban area within the metropolis of Delhi, is the seat of both the State Government o ...

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The city of Indraprastha (City of Indra) was a major northern city in ancient India that was the capital of the kingdom led by the Pandavas in the Mahabharata epic. It is located upon the banks of the river Yamuna and extremely close to the modern national capital of Delhi. Indeed, it is said to have been "the first city of Delhi". Indraprastha - Foundation. When Yudhisthira, the eldest of the five Pandava brothers is given the kingdom of Khandavaprastha, a region northwest to the city ...

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Indraprastha - Foundation Indraprastha - In history
Indraprastha - Declining importance Indraprastha - Lineage of Delhi

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New Delhi (Hindi: नई दिल्ली, Punjabi: ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ), an urban area within the metropolis of Delhi, is the seat of the Government of India. It is one of the subdivisions of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi - History. Please see the History section of the Delhi page for more background and ancient history. Delhi for more information on the city's hi ...

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New Delhi - History New Delhi - Capital of the Raj New Delhi - Independent India and Autonomy New Delhi - Government New Delhi - Tourist Attractions

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Bijapur is a district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Bijapur City is the capital of the district and is located 530 km northwest of Bangalore. Bijapur - History. The ancient name of Bijapur is Vijayapura (City of victory). It was established in the 10th-11th centuries by the Chalukyas of Kalyani. The city came under the influence of the Khilji Sultanate in Delhi by the late 13th century. In 1347, the area was conquered by the Bahmani Sultanate of Gulbarga. In 1518, the Bahmani Sultanate spl ...

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Bijapur - History Bijapur - Description Bijapur - Attractions Bijapur - Bijapur District
Bijapur - Introduction Bijapur - Bordering Districts Bijapur - Demography Bijapur - Topography Bijapur - Rainfall Bijapur - Ground Water Condition in the district Bijapur - Water Quality Bijapur - Agriculture in the district Bijapur - Political Senario

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Indraprastha is said to be roughly 5,000 years old. Archaeological evidence suggests that Indraprastha once stood where Purana Quila is today. A village called Indrapat existed in Delhi until the beginning of the 19th century; the village was levelled and the British city of New Delhi was made. The excavations of the ancient mound of Indraprastha, capital of the Pandavas, located within Purana Quila revealed evidence of continuous habitation of the site for almost 2,500 years. ...

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Indraprastha, Indraprastha - Foundation, Indraprastha - In history, Indraprastha - Declining importance, Indraprastha - Lineage of Delhi

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When Yudhisthira, the eldest of the five Pandava brothers is given the kingdom of Khandavaprastha, a region northwest to the city of Hastinapura, a land cursed with barren and arid soils, diseased and dangerous forests and famine. However Lord Krishna summons Indra, the king of the Devas to help Yudhisthira, who in turn summons the Deva architect Vishwakarman. Performing sacred ceremonies to bless the land, Vishwakarman builds a glorious new city, which becomes the capital. Millions of people flock to this new city, and soon prosperity and health spread across Khandavaprastha, thanks to the perfectly ...

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Indraprastha, Indraprastha - Foundation, Indraprastha - In history, Indraprastha - Declining importance, Indraprastha - Lineage of Delhi

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Of the sixteen great kingdoms (solas Mahajanapadas) that evolved prior to the rise of Buddhism in ancient Indian sub-continent, only the two viz. Gandhara and Kamboja lied in the north-west region commonly known as Uttarapatha. Eastern parts of ancient Gandhara and Kamboja constituted the north-western parts of ancient Panjab (Greater Panjab) which lay at the eastern edge of the great Persian Empire. Both these ancient kingdoms appear to have fallen prey to Achaemenian Dynasty of Persia during the reign of Achaemenid, Cyrus the Great (558-53 ...

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History of the Punjab, History of the Punjab - Introduction, History of the Punjab - Indo-Aryans, History of the Punjab - Vedic Punjab, History of the Punjab - Epic Punjab, History of the Punjab - Paninian Punjab, History of the Punjab - Persian Domination, History of the Punjab - Alexander's Invasion and the Indo-Greek kingdoms, History of the Punjab - Sakas Kushanas and Hephthalites, History of the Punjab - Muslim invasions and the Shahi Kingdom, History of the Punjab - The Delhi Sultanate and Mughal empire, History of the Punjab - The Rise of Sikh Power, History of the Punjab - The British in Punjab, History of the Punjab - The Punjab of India and Pakistan, History of the Punjab - Punjab History Timeline

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Hindi literature - Adi kaal before 1400 CE. In ancient period of Hindi or Adi Kaal (before 1400 CE), Hindi literature was developed in the states of Kannauj, Delhi and Ajmer. Delhi was ruled by Prithviraj Chauhan and his court poet was Chand Bardai. His eulogy on Prithiviraj Chauhan called the Prithviraj Raso was considered one of the first works in the History of Hindi Literature. Kannauj's last Rathore ruler was Jayachand, who gave more patronage to Sanskrit (which was no longer the common man's language ...

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Hindi literature, Hindi literature - History, Hindi literature - Adi kaal before 1400 CE, Hindi literature - Bhakti Kaal, Hindi literature - Ritikavya Kaal, Hindi literature - Modern Period after 1800, Hindi literature - Chhayavaadi Movement, Hindi literature - Hindi literature today, Hindi literature - Prominent Figures of Hindi literature

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Bihar has three airports - Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna, Bhagalpur Airport and Gaya. Patna airport is connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Ranchi. It is categorised as a a restricted international airport, with customs facilities to receive international chartered flights. Gaya airport is a small international airport connected to Colombo and Bangkok. Bihar is well-connected by railway lines to the rest of India. Most of the towns are interconnected among themselves, and they also are directly connected to Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai. Patna, Bhagalpur a ...

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Bihar, Bihar - History, Bihar - Ancient, Bihar - Medieval, Bihar - Modern, Bihar - Timelines, Bihar - Geography & climate, Bihar - Economy, Bihar - Government & politics, Bihar - Administrative, Bihar - Transport & travel, Bihar - Places to See, Bihar - Culture, Bihar - Festivals, Bihar - Folksongs & music, Bihar - Dances of Bihar, Bihar - Language & Literature, Bihar - Folk Theatre, Bihar - Cinema, Bihar - Cuisine, Bihar - Art, Bihar - Education, Bihar - Schools, Bihar - Universities & colleges

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Bihar has three airports - Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna, Bhagalpur Airport and Gaya. Patna airport is connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Ranchi. It is categorised as a restricted international airport, with customs facilities to receive international chartered flights. Gaya airport is a small international airport connected to Colombo and Bangkok. Bihar is well-connected by railway lines to the rest of India. Most of the towns are interconnected among themselves, and they also are directly connected to Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai. Patna, Bhagalpur a ...

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Bihar, Bihar - History, Bihar - Ancient, Bihar - Medieval, Bihar - Modern, Bihar - Timelines, Bihar - Geography & climate, Bihar - Economy, Bihar - Government & politics, Bihar - Administrative, Bihar - Transport & travel, Bihar - Places to See, Bihar - Culture, Bihar - Festivals, Bihar - Folksongs & music, Bihar - Dances of Bihar, Bihar - Language & Literature, Bihar - Folk Theatre, Bihar - Cinema, Bihar - Cuisine, Bihar - Art, Bihar - Education, Bihar - Schools, Bihar - Universities & colleges

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The ancient name of Bijapur is Vijayapura (City of victory). It was established in the 10th-11th centuries by the Chalukyas of Kalyani. The city came under the influence of the Khilji Sultanate in Delhi by the late 13th century. In 1347, the area was conquered by the Bahmani Sultanate of Gulbarga. In 1518, the Bahmani Sultanate split into five splinter states known as the Deccan sultanates, one of which was Bijapur, ruled by the kings of the Adil Shahi dynasty (1490-1686). The city of Bijapur owes much of its greatness to Yusuf ...

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Bijapur, Bijapur - History, Bijapur - Description, Bijapur - Attractions, Bijapur - Bijapur District, Bijapur - Introduction, Bijapur - Bordering Districts, Bijapur - Demography, Bijapur - Topography, Bijapur - Rainfall, Bijapur - Ground Water Condition in the district, Bijapur - Water Quality, Bijapur - Agriculture in the district, Bijapur - Political Senario

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Latur has an ancient history. It was home to the Rashtrakutas which ruled the Deccan from year 753-973AD and was part of Ashoka's empire. It was, over the centuries, variously ruled by the Satavahanas, the Sakas, the Chalukyas, the Yadavas of Deogiri, the Delhi Sultans, the Bahamani rulers of South India, Adilshahi, and the Mughals. Later in the 19th century it became part of the independent princely state of Hyderabad. Earlier known as Naldurg tehsil, in 1905 it was merged with surrounding areas and renamed Latur tehsil, and became part of ...

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Latur, Latur - Geography, Latur - Historical Importance, Latur - Importance in modern era, Latur - Latur Pattern, Latur - Politics & Leadership

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Islam made its first appearance in Bengal during the twelfth century AD when Sufi missionaries arrived. Later occasional Muslim invaders reinforced the process of conversion by building mosques, madrassas and Sufi Khanqahs. Beginning in 1202 a military commander from the Delhi Sultanate with an entertaining name, Ikhtiar Uddin Muhammad bin Bakhtiar Khilji, overran Bihar and Bengal as far east as Rangpur, Bogra and the Brahmaputra River. The defeated Laksmanasena and his two sons moved to a place then called Vikramapura (south of Dhaka), wher ...

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History of Bangladesh, History of Bangladesh - Ancient times, History of Bangladesh - Medieval period: arrival of Islam, History of Bangladesh - The Mughal period, History of Bangladesh - British India, History of Bangladesh - Creation of Pakistan, History of Bangladesh - The Language Movement, History of Bangladesh - Politics: 1954 - 1970, History of Bangladesh - Independence, History of Bangladesh - Post-Independence, History of Bangladesh - External link

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Bengal came once more under the suzerainty of Delhi as the Mughals conquered it in 1576. Not far from Sonargaon, Dhaka rose from the mists of obscurity as a Mughal provincial capital. But it remained remote and thus a difficult to govern region--especially the section east of the Brahmaputra River--outside the mainstream of Mughal politics. The Bengali ethnic and linguistic identity further cystallized during this period, since the whole of Bengal was united under an able and long-lasting administration. Furthermore its inhabitants were given suffici ...

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History of Bangladesh, History of Bangladesh - Ancient times, History of Bangladesh - Medieval period: arrival of Islam, History of Bangladesh - The Mughal period, History of Bangladesh - British India, History of Bangladesh - Creation of Pakistan, History of Bangladesh - The Language Movement, History of Bangladesh - Politics: 1954 - 1970, History of Bangladesh - Independence, History of Bangladesh - Post-Independence, History of Bangladesh - External link

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Islam made its first appearance in Bengal during the twelfth century AD when Sufi missionaries arrived. Later occasional Muslim invaders reinforced the process of conversion by building mosques, madrassas and Sufi Khanqahs. Beginning in 1202 a military commander from the Delhi Sultanate, Ikhtiar Uddin Muhammad bin Bakhtiar Khilji, overran Bihar and Bengal as far east as Rangpur, Bogra and the Brahmaputra River. The defeated Laksmanasena and his two sons moved to a place then called Vikramapura (south of Dhaka), where their diminished dominio ...

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History of Bangladesh, History of Bangladesh - Ancient times, History of Bangladesh - Medieval period: arrival of Islam, History of Bangladesh - The Mughal period, History of Bangladesh - British India, History of Bangladesh - Creation of Pakistan, History of Bangladesh - The Language Movement, History of Bangladesh - Politics: 1954 - 1970, History of Bangladesh - Independence, History of Bangladesh - Post-Independence, History of Bangladesh - External link

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After the Arab-Turkic invasion of India's ancient northern neighbour Persia, various short lived Islamic empires invaded and spread across the subcontinent over a period of 1000 years. Prior to Turkish invasions, Muslim trading communities flourished throughout coastal South India, particularly in Kerala, where they had arrived in small numbers through Indian ocean trade with the Arabian peninsula. History of India - Delhi Sultanate. In the 10th and 11th centuries, Turks and Afghans invaded parts of northe ...

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History of India, History of India - The Paleolithic era, History of India - The Neolithic era, History of India - The Bronze age, History of India - Indus Valley Civilization, History of India - Vedic civilization, History of India - The Mahajanapadas, History of India - Persian and Greek invasion, History of India - Achaemenid Empire, History of India - Alexander the Great, History of India - Greco-Buddhist period, History of India - The Magadha Empire, History of India - Shishunaga dynasty, History of India - Nanda Dynasty, History of India - Maurya dynasty, History of India - Shunga dynasty, History of India - Early Middle Kingdoms - the golden age, History of India - Satavahana Empire, History of India - Kushan Empire, History of India - Gupta dynasty, History of India - Huna invasion, History of India - Indo-Sassanians, History of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - the classical age, History of India - Harsha's empire, History of India - The Chalukyas and Pallavas, History of India - Chola empire, History of India - The Pratiharas Palas and Rashtrakutas, History of India - The Rajputs, History of India - Vijayanagar Empire, History of India - The Islamic Sultanates, History of India - Delhi Sultanate, History of India - The Mughal era, History of India - Mughal Empire, History of India - The Maratha confederacy, History of India - The Kingdom of Mysore, History of India - The Punjab, History of India - Durrani Empire, History of India - Colonial era, History of India - Company rule, History of India - The British Raj, History of India - The independence movement, History of India - Republic of India, History of India - Textbooks and surveys

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History of South India - The Grand Struggle. The early medieval period saw the rise of Muslim power in South India. The defeat of the Kakatiya Empire of Warangal by Tughlaq forces of the Delhi Sultanate in 1323 heralded a new chapter in South Indian history. The grand struggle of the period was between the Bahmani Sultanate based in Gulbarga (and later, Bidar) and the Vijayanagara Empire with its capital in Vijayanagara in modern Hampi. By the early sixteenth century, the Bahmani empire fragmented into five diffe ...

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History of South India, History of South India - Ancient history, History of South India - Chalukyas of Badami, History of South India - Chalukyas of Kalyana, History of South India - Cheras, History of South India - Cholas, History of South India - Hoysalas, History of South India - Kakatiyas, History of South India - Pallavas, History of South India - Pandyas, History of South India - Rashtrakutas of Manyaketha, History of South India - Satavahanas, History of South India - Medieval history, History of South India - The Grand Struggle, History of South India - The Aftermath of the Struggle, History of South India - Modern history, History of South India - Another Grand Struggle, History of South India - British South India, History of South India - Free Again at Last

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History of Hyderabad - The Beginning of the End of the Mughal Empire. By the mid-17th century, politics in the Deccan were ready for yet another tectonic shift. Mughal prince Aurangzeb spent most of his time in the Deccan fighting local Hinduu and Muslim kingdoms to establish and enforce Mughal Sovereignty. Rise of Maratha power under Shivaji kept the Mughals constantly challenged. After the death of Shah Jahan in 1666, Aurangzeb he consolidated power in Delhi as Emperor and returned to the south. He spent most o ...

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History of Hyderabad, History of Hyderabad - Before the city was founded, History of Hyderabad - Ancient history, History of Hyderabad - Medieval history, History of Hyderabad - The Qutb Shahis, History of Hyderabad - The Golconda Sultanate, History of Hyderabad - The Founding of a New City, History of Hyderabad - The New City Flourishes, History of Hyderabad - Mughal conquest and rule, History of Hyderabad - The Beginning of the End of the Mughal Empire, History of Hyderabad - Hyderabad Falls to the Mughals, History of Hyderabad - The Asaf Jahis, History of Hyderabad - Viceroys Become Kings, History of Hyderabad - Hyderabad Starts Growing Again, History of Hyderabad - A Delicate Balancing Game, History of Hyderabad - Surrounded but Isolated, History of Hyderabad - India Awakes to Life and Freedom but Hyderabad not Yet, History of Hyderabad - The Liberation of Hyderabad, History of Hyderabad - Reorganization of States

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