capital was shifted from kolkata to delhi in 1948.
capital was shifted from kolkata to delhi in 1948.
when was capital shifted from kolkata to delhi?
1948
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the lal kot fort was constructed by the tanwar chief anangpal i around 731ad and expanded by anangpal ii in the 11thcentury, who shifted his capital to lal kot from kannaujs the tanwars were defeated by the chauhans in the 12th century. prithviraj chauhan further expanded the fort and called it qila rai pithora. he was defeated and killed in 1192 by mohammed ghori, who put his general qutb-ud-din aybak in charge and returned to afghanistan. subsequently in 1206, after the death of mohammed ghori, qutubuddin enthroned himself as the first sultan of delhi. thus delhi became the capital of the mamluk dynasty of delhi (slave dynasty), the first dynasty of muslim sultans to rule over northern india. mehrauli remained the capital of the mamluk dynasty which ruled until 1290. during the khalji dynasty, the capital shifted to siri.
mehrauli