Capital of India

Capital of India

During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India. By the latter half of the 19th century Shimla had become the summer capital.

King George V proclaimed the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi at the climax of the 1911 Imperial Durbar. New Delhi was inaugurated as the state capital in early 1931.Fact|date=September 2008

Medieval period

* Fatehpur Sikri: It was the political capital of India's Mughal Empire under Akbar's reign, from 1571 until 1585, when it was abandoned, ostensibly due to lack of water.
* Pune: In 1730, Pune became the seat of the Peshwa of Maratha Empire, the prime minister of the Chhatrapati of Satara.
* Daulatabad: In 1327, Tughlaq dynasty, under Muhammad bin Tughluq (r. 1325-1351), forcibly moved the entire population of Delhi here, for two years, before it was abandoned due to lack to water.
* Murshidabad - In 1704, the nawab Murshid Quli Khan changed the seat of government from Dhaka to Maksudabad, which he renamed "Murshidabad" after himself.


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