📍 Capital / fort · UNESCO
Qutb Minar
c. 1199 – present
47 events here
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What happened here within 25 km
- c. 402 CE Iron Pillar erected · Gupta Empire
- 1206 Delhi Sultanate founded · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
- 1211 Iltutmish becomes sultan · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
- 1229 Iltutmish receives caliphal investiture · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
- 1236 Razia Sultana ascends the throne · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
- 1266 Balban becomes sultan · Mamluk (Slave) Dynasty
- 1290 Khalji revolution · Khalji Dynasty
- 1296 Alauddin Khalji becomes sultan · Khalji Dynasty
- 1316 Death of Alauddin Khalji · Khalji Dynasty
- 1320 Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq founds the Tughlaq dynasty · Tughlaq Dynasty
- c. 1329 Muhammad bin Tughlaq issues token currency · Tughlaq Dynasty
- 1334 Ibn Battuta arrives in Delhi · Tughlaq Dynasty
- 1351 Firuz Shah Tughlaq becomes sultan · Tughlaq Dynasty
- 1398 ⚔ Timur sacks Delhi · Tughlaq Dynasty
- 1414 Khizr Khan founds the Sayyid dynasty · Sayyid Dynasty
- 1451 Bahlul Lodi founds the Lodi dynasty · Lodi Dynasty
- 1648 Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi) inaugurated · Mughal Empire
- 1658 Aurangzeb becomes emperor · Mughal Empire
- 1675 Execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur · Mughal Empire
- 1679 Aurangzeb reimposes the jizya · Mughal Empire
- 1716 Execution of Banda Singh Bahadur · Mughal Empire
- 1717 Farrukhsiyar's farman to the East India Company · Mughal Empire
- 1737 ⚔ Baji Rao raids Delhi · Maratha Empire
- 1803 ⚔ British capture Delhi · British East India Company
- 1857 Rebels proclaim Bahadur Shah Zafar emperor
- 1877 Delhi Durbar: Victoria proclaimed Empress of India · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1911 Capital moved from Calcutta to Delhi · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1911 Delhi Durbar annuls the Partition of Bengal · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1929 Central Legislative Assembly bombing · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1931 Gandhi-Irwin Pact · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1942 Cripps Mission · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1945 INA trials at the Red Fort · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1946 Cabinet Mission · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1946 Constituent Assembly first meets · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1947 Independence and Partition · Dominion of India
- 1947 Mountbatten Plan · British Raj (Crown Rule)
- 1948 Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi · Dominion of India
- 1949 Constitution of India adopted · Dominion of India
- 1950 Constitution comes into force · Republic of India
- 1951 India's first general election (1951–52) · Republic of India
- 1964 Death of Jawaharlal Nehru · Republic of India
- 1975 The Emergency declared in India · Republic of India
- 1977 Emergency lifted; Janata Party wins · Republic of India
- 1984 Assassination of Indira Gandhi · Republic of India
- 2001 Attack on the Indian Parliament · Republic of India
- 2007 Afghanistan joins SAARC · Afghanistan
- 2023 G20 summit in New Delhi · Republic of India