Old Delhi
City
Walled city built by Shah Jahan as Shahjahanabad, the Mughal capital from the 1640s until 1857.
Names
- 1639 – September 21, 1857 Shahjahanabad
Held by
- 1789 – 1805 Mughal Empire
- 1789 – 1818 Maratha Confederacy
- 1819 – August 1, 1858 Company rule in India
- August 2, 1858 – August 14, 1947 British Raj
- since August 15, 1947 India
Capital of
- 1639 – September 21, 1857 Mughal Empire
Events here 2
- October 8–19, 1804 Siege of Delhi (1804)
- June 8 – September 21, 1857 Siege of Delhi (1857)