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Indraprastha (lit. "Plain of Indra " [1] or "City of Indra") is mentioned in ancient Indian literature as a city of the Kuru Kingdom. It was the capital of the kingdom led by the Pandavas mentioned in Mahabharata. Under the Pali form of its name, Indapatta, it is also mentioned in Buddhist texts as the capital of the Kuru mahajanapada.
Delhi Durbar. The Delhi Durbar of 1911, with King George V and Queen Mary seated upon the dais. The Delhi Durbar (lit. " Court of Delhi ") was an Indian imperial-style mass assembly organized by the British at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, it was held ...
The Delhi Sultanate or the Sultanate of Delhi[a] was a late medieval empire primarily based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, for more than three centuries. [13][14][15] The sultanate was established around c. 1206–1211 in the former Ghurid territories in India. The sultanate's history is generally divided ...
Indo-Pacific. Location in Delhi, India, Asia. The Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila (Hindustani: [laːl qiːlaː]) is a historic fort located in Delhi, India, that historically served as the main residence of the Mughal emperors. Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort, on 12 May 1639, when he decided to shift his capital ...
Muhammad bin Tughluq (Muhammad II) c. 1290. 20 March 1351. 1 February 1325. 20 March 1351. Son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. 19. Firuz Shah Tughlaq (Firuz III) 1309.
Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent for 320 years (1206-1526). Following the invasion of Southern Asia by the Ghurid dynasty, Qutbuddin Aibak Was the first sultan of Delhi Sultanate, five dynasties ruled over the Delhi Sultanate sequentially:the Mamluk dynasty (1206-1290), the Khalji dynasty (1290-1320), the Tughlaq ...
Matka gambling or satta is a form of betting and lottery [clarification needed] which originally involved [clarification needed] betting on the opening and closing rates of cotton transmitted from the New York Cotton Exchange to the Bombay Cotton Exchange. It originates from before the Partition of India when it was known as Ankada Jugar ...
Lok Satta is a classical liberal political party in India, founded by Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana, a former IAS officer and renowned activist from Andhra Pradesh. [3] Since 1996, the Lok Satta Movement functioned as a non-governmental organisation , but on 2 October 2006, the movement was reorganised into a formal political party. [ 4 ]