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Showing posts with label Cities in India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cities in India. Show all posts

Major cities in India was founded by Muslims

Agra 

Agra which is worldwide as the city of Taj Mahal was founded by Sultan Sikandar Lodi in the year 1504.

Ahmedabad 

Ahmedabad was founded by Sultan Ahmed Shah on the bank of river Sabarmati in the year 1411.

Allahabad 

Allahabad was founded my Mughal Emperor Akbar (Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar) in year 1575.

Amravati


Amritsar


Banaras


Banglore


Bhopal 

Bhopal was founder by Nawab Dost Mohammed Khan in the year 1707. He was the founder of the State of Bhopal a small state after the death of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

Bijapur


Calcutta


Chandigarh


Darjeeling


Dehradun


Delhi


Daulatabad


Faizabad


Fatehpur Sikri


Gandhi Nagar


Gaya


Guwahati


Hazaribagh


Hyderabad 

Hyderabad was founded by Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah of Qutb Sahi dynasty in the year 1591.

Indore


Jaipur


Jaisalmer


Jammu


Jodhpur


Lucknow 

Lucknow was founded by Nawab Asaf ud Daula when he decided to shift his capital from Faizabad to Lucknow in the year 1775.

Madras


Meerut


Moradabad 

Moradabad was founded by Rustam Khan in the year 1600. The name Moradabad was was kept on the name of prince Murad son of Shahjahan.

Mumbai


Murshidabad 

Murshidabad was actually founded by Mughal emperor Akbar as Makhsudabad. But later when Murshid Quli Khan makes this city as capital city at the time he changed the name from Makhsudabad to Murshidabad in the year 1704.

Mysore


Patna


Pune


Raipur


Rajkot


Rampur 

Rampur was founded by Nawab Faizullah Khan in year 1775.

Ranchi


Sasaram


Shahjahanabad


Shimla


Srinagar


Surat


Tiruvendrapuram


Tughlaqabad