Delhi

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1. c. 402 CE Iron Pillar erected · Gupta Empire
2. 1206 Delhi Sultanate founded · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
3. 1211 Iltutmish becomes sultan · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
4. 1229 Iltutmish receives caliphal investiture · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
5. 1236 Razia Sultana ascends the throne · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
6. 1266 Balban becomes sultan · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
7. 1290 Khalji revolution · Khalji Dynasty
8. 1296 Alauddin Khalji becomes sultan · Khalji Dynasty
9. 1299 ⚔ Mongols defeated at Kili · Khalji Dynasty
10. 1316 Death of Alauddin Khalji · Khalji Dynasty
11. 1320 Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty · Tughlaq Dynasty
12. c. 1329 Muhammad bin Tughlaq issues token currency · Tughlaq Dynasty
13. 1334 Ibn Battuta arrives in Delhi · Tughlaq Dynasty
14. 1351 Firuz Shah Tughlaq becomes sultan · Tughlaq Dynasty
15. 1398 ⚔ Timur sacks Delhi · Tughlaq Dynasty
16. 1414 Khizr Khan founds the Sayyid dynasty · Sayyid Dynasty
17. 1451 Bahlul Lodi founds the Lodi dynasty · Lodi Dynasty
18. 1648 Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) inaugurated · Mughal Empire
19. 1658 Aurangzeb becomes emperor · Mughal Empire
20. 1675 Execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur · Mughal Empire
21. 1679 Aurangzeb reimposes the jizya · Mughal Empire
22. 1716 Execution of Banda Singh Bahadur · Mughal Empire
23. 1717 Farrukhsiyar's farman to the East India Company · Mughal Empire
24. 1737 ⚔ Baji Rao raids Delhi · Maratha Empire
25. 1803 ⚔ British capture Delhi · British East India Company
26. 1857 Rebels proclaim Bahadur Shah Zafar emperor
27. 1877 Delhi Durbar: Victoria proclaimed Empress of India · British Raj (Crown Rule)
28. 1911 Capital moved from Calcutta to Delhi · British Raj (Crown Rule)
29. 1911 Delhi Durbar annuls the Partition of Bengal · British Raj (Crown Rule)
30. 1929 Central Legislative Assembly bombing · British Raj (Crown Rule)
31. 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact · British Raj (Crown Rule)
32. 1942 Cripps Mission · British Raj (Crown Rule)
33. 1945 INA trials at the Red Fort · British Raj (Crown Rule)
34. 1946 Cabinet Mission · British Raj (Crown Rule)
35. 1946 Constituent Assembly first meets · British Raj (Crown Rule)
36. 1947 Independence and Partition · Dominion of India
37. 1947 Mountbatten Plan · British Raj (Crown Rule)
38. 1948 Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi · Dominion of India
39. 1949 Constitution of India adopted · Dominion of India
40. 1950 Constitution comes into force · Republic of India
41. 1951 India's first general election (1951–52) · Republic of India
42. 1964 Death of Jawaharlal Nehru · Republic of India
43. 1975 The Emergency declared in India · Republic of India
44. 1977 Emergency lifted; Janata Party wins · Republic of India
45. 1984 Assassination of Indira Gandhi · Republic of India
46. 2001 Attack on the Indian Parliament · Republic of India
47. 2007 Afghanistan joins SAARC · Afghanistan
48. 2023 G20 summit in New Delhi · Republic of India

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