Why did Delhi becom an important city ?



With it long history of three thousand years, Delhi has undertaken the rise and fall through various chequered events. The landmarks and memorials in present Delhi apparently manifest the city's ancient history. Delhi was first referred to asIndraprastha in the epic Mahabharata 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).

Around 320 A.D., during the Gupta and the Maurya Dynasties, Delhi became the center of imperial power, ruling the north of India. However, in later times, the power had been shifted from kings to kings of various dynasties, and some of them had built their new cities, resulting in the emergence of seven townships of Delhi, namely Lal Kot, Siri, Tughlakabad, Jahanpanath, Ferozeshah Kotla, Shergarh, and Shahjahanabad. All these cities are the sites where the splendid ancient palaces and forts were built, and remain as the testimony of the grandeur of Indian majesty in the past.

The imperial power in India met its decline while the modern Imperialism of the British rose into power in the 19th century. When the last Mughal king had surrendered to the British Raj, Delhi was merely the secondly important city as Calcutta became the capital of the British Indian administration. It was not until 1911 that Delhi regained its status as the capital when King Gorge V declared it the capital of the British India in the spectacular Coronation Durbar.

Under the British rule, Delhi experienced the great face-lift up. The famous architect Sir Edward Lutyens was appointed to design the New Delhi as the eighth city of Delhi. Raisina Hill was then chosen as the focal point of the city; the Rashtrapati Bhavan (The President's Residence) along with the administrative buildings like the Parliament House and Connaught Place were constructed. In January 1931, New Delhi was inaugurated as the imperial capital of the British Raj and has remained to this day as the capital of the Republic of India.

Delhi today is one of the fastest growing cities in India. The bustling streets, skyscrapers, smoking-puffing factories seem to became a common sight of Delhi while the same picture of people worshipping their Gods, bathing and making their rites on the river bank in thousands years before can still be seen today as well. This is why Delhi is always the prime destination among tourists from all over the world.

 

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With it long history of three thousand years, Delhi has undertaken the rise and fall through various chequered events. The landmarks and memorials in present Delhi apparently manifest the city's ancient history. Delhi was first referred to asIndraprastha in the epic Mahabharata 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).

Around 320 A.D., during the Gupta and the Maurya Dynasties, Delhi became the center of imperial power, ruling the north of India. However, in later times, the power had been shifted from kings to kings of various dynasties, and some of them had built their new cities, resulting in the emergence of seven townships of Delhi, namely Lal Kot, Siri, Tughlakabad, Jahanpanath, Ferozeshah Kotla, Shergarh, and Shahjahanabad. All these cities are the sites where the splendid ancient palaces and forts were built, and remain as the testimony of the grandeur of Indian majesty in the past.

The imperial power in India met its decline while the modern Imperialism of the British rose into power in the 19th century. When the last Mughal king had surrendered to the British Raj, Delhi was merely the secondly important city as Calcutta became the capital of the British Indian administration. It was not until 1911 that Delhi regained its status as the capital when King Gorge V declared it the capital of the British India in the spectacular Coronation Durbar.

Under the British rule, Delhi experienced the great face-lift up. The famous architect Sir Edward Lutyens was appointed to design the New Delhi as the eighth city of Delhi. Raisina Hill was then chosen as the focal point of the city; the Rashtrapati Bhavan (The President's Residence) along with the administrative buildings like the Parliament House and Connaught Place were constructed. In January 1931, New Delhi was inaugurated as the imperial capital of the British Raj and has remained to this day as the capital of the Republic of India.

Delhi today is one of the fastest growing cities in India. The bustling streets, skyscrapers, smoking-puffing factories seem to became a common sight of Delhi while the same picture of people worshipping their Gods, bathing and making their rites on the river bank in thousands years before can still be seen today as well. This is why Delhi is always the prime destination among tourists from all over the world.

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With it long history of three thousand years, Delhi has undertaken the rise and fall through various chequered events. The landmarks and memorials in present Delhi apparently manifest the city's ancient history. Delhi was first referred to asIndraprastha in the epic Mahabharata 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).

Around 320 A.D., during the Gupta and the Maurya Dynasties, Delhi became the center of imperial power, ruling the north of India. However, in later times, the power had been shifted from kings to kings of various dynasties, and some of them had built their new cities, resulting in the emergence of seven townships of Delhi, namely Lal Kot, Siri, Tughlakabad, Jahanpanath, Ferozeshah Kotla, Shergarh, and Shahjahanabad. All these cities are the sites where the splendid ancient palaces and forts were built, and remain as the testimony of the grandeur of Indian majesty in the past.

The imperial power in India met its decline while the modern Imperialism of the British rose into power in the 19th century. When the last Mughal king had surrendered to the British Raj, Delhi was merely the secondly important city as Calcutta became the capital of the British Indian administration. It was not until 1911 that Delhi regained its status as the capital when King Gorge V declared it the capital of the British India in the spectacular Coronation Durbar.

Under the British rule, Delhi experienced the great face-lift up. The famous architect Sir Edward Lutyens was appointed to design the New Delhi as the eighth city of Delhi. Raisina Hill was then chosen as the focal point of the city; the Rashtrapati Bhavan (The President's Residence) along with the administrative buildings like the Parliament House and Connaught Place were constructed. In January 1931, New Delhi was inaugurated as the imperial capital of the British Raj and has remained to this day as the capital of the Republic of India.

Delhi today is one of the fastest growing cities in India. The bustling streets, skyscrapers, smoking-puffing factories seem to became a common sight of Delhi while the same picture of people worshipping their Gods, bathing and making their rites on the river bank in thousands years before can still be seen today as well. This is why Delhi is always the prime destination among tourists from all over the world.

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