Old Delhi
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thumb|Old Delhi, Yamuna river bank Shahjahanabad, colloquially known as Old Delhi (Hindustani: Purāni Dillī), is a place in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a Walled City and officially named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra. The construction of the fortified city was completed in 1648, and it remained the capital of Mughal India until its fall in 1857, when the British Empire (whose Indian capital was at Calcutta) took over as paramount power in the Indian subcontinent. After the inauguration of New Delhi as the
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Old Delhi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historic core
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- Red and Blue.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Delhi#India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Union Territory
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- District
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- Delhi
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- Central Delhi
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- Red Fort viewed from a distance close to the Chandni Chowk
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- Shah Jahan
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- Shah Jahan
- Settlement.official_name
- Shahjahanabad
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Delhi Sultanate era and beginning of the Mughal era
- Mughal era
- Colonial era
- 1876 description
- Demographics
- Walls and gates
- Streets and neighbourhoods
- In literature
- Historical sites
- Shahjahanabad cuisine
- Culinary history
- Paranthe Wali Gali
- Karim's
- Kallu Nihari
- Harnarains
- Banta
- Economic structure
- See also
- Further reading
- References
- Footnotes
- External links
thumb|Old Delhi, Yamuna river bank Shahjahanabad, colloquially known as Old Delhi (Hindustani: Purāni Dillī), is a place in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a Walled City and officially named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra. The construction of the fortified city was completed in 1648, and it remained the capital of Mughal India until its fall in 1857, when the British Empire (whose Indian capital was at Calcutta) took over as paramount power in the Indian subcontinent. After the inauguration of New Delhi as the capital of India, the locality started to be colloquially known as Old Delhi in order to distinguish it from the capital city or the rest of the NCT Region.
It serves as the symbolic heart of metropolitan Delhi and is known for its bazaars, restaurants, street food, shopping locations and its Islamic architecture; Jama Masjid being the most notable example, standing tall in the midst of the old city. Only a few havelis are left and maintained.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Old Delhi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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