The capital city is famous for many things like its culture, food, lifestyle and many more…We all know “Dilli hai dilwalo ki” (roughly translated as: Delhi is the city of the large hearted)…
But do you know Delhi has many names before it named Delhi…
• Indraprashta- Pandavas built a beautiful fortress known as Indraprastha.
• Lal Kot- Lal Kot was founded by the Tomar rulers.
• Siri- Siri which is known by the siri fort was built during Alauddin Khilji
• Tuglakabad- it was named during Ghiyassudin Khilji’s reign
• Shahjahanabad- when Shahjahan moved his capital from to Delhi and named it as Shahjahanabad and some of it’s parts like Chandini Chowk and old Delhi were designed by his daughter Jahan Ara.
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