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Which Mughal ruler shifted capital to Delhi from Agra?
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Important Questions on The Birth of an Imperial Capital:Colonialism and Delhi
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Railways were laid to
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Give examples to show that the British neglected the walled city.
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_____ (Delhi/ Kanpur) became a provincial town in the nineteenth century.
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Why was there a wall surrounding the city of Shahjahanabad in Old Delhi?
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Arrange these cities of Delhi in the order in which they were built.
Kotla Firoz Shah
Tughlaqabad
Shahjahanabad
Jahanpanah
Lal Kot/Qila Rai Pithora
Siri
Dinpanah
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The Jama Masjid was built by Shah Jahan.
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A number of stones on the walls of Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque near Qutub Minar in Delhi bear Sanskrit inscriptions. What would you conclude from this?
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During Shah Jahan's time, Delhi was also an important centre of the Sufi culture.
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The concept of a 'walled city' was introduced by the British.
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Who built Shahajahanabad?
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Write two major principles that guided British urban planning in India.
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Which Indian city was divided into 'White Town' and 'Black Town'? What does this kind of segregation suggest?
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How did the old city of Delhi change under the British rule?
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This famous bazaar was established by Shah Jahan's daughter Jahanara Begum.
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Shah Jahan built the _____ (Seventh/ Ninth) city of Delhi.
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Discuss the treatment meted out to Delhi by the British after .
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Which Mughal emperor shifted the capital from Agra to Delhi?
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Akbar shifted his capital from Delhi to Agra.
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How did the old city of Delhi change under British rule?
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How were the cantonments and civil lines laid out in the planning of urban centres by the British?
