List of capitals of India
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This is a list of formerly capitals of India.
Early period
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- Pataliputra: Capital of the following below:
- Begram and Mathura: Summer and winter capitals respectively of the Kushan Empire
- Amaravati and Pratishthānapura: Capitals of Satavahana Empire
- Kannauj: Capital of Harshavardhana's short lived empire; also of Pratiharas.
- Manyakheta, Avanti: Capitals of Rashtrakuta Dynasty and Pratihara Empire respectively.
- Gadhipur: centre of administration of the Gupta dynasty. Capital under Jamwal kings Gaadhi and Vishwamitra.
- Puhar: Capital of Early Cholas.
- Madurai: Capital of Pandyas
- Gauḍa: Capital of Pala dynasty along with Pataliputra
- Sigal: First capital of the Sakas 70bce-400
- Taxila: Second capital of the Sakas 70bce-400
- Mathura: Third capital of the Sakas 70bce-400
- Sagala: Capital of the Indo-Greeks
- Bhinmal: Capital of Gurjara Emoire
- Jaunpur: Capital of Sharqī dynasty (1394–1479).
Medieval period
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Modern period
- In 1858, Allahabad became the capital of India for a day when it also served as the capital of North-Western Provinces.[2]
- During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India.[3]
- By the latter half of the 19th century Shimla had become the summer capital.[4]
- King George V proclaimed the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi at the climax of the 1911 Imperial Durbar on December 12, 1911. The buildings housing the Viceroy, government and parliament were inaugurated in early 1931.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Pletcher, Kenneth (August 15, 2010). The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 128. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ^ Ashutosh Joshi (1 Jan 2008). Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. New India Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 8189422820.
- ^ Hall, Peter (2002). Cities of tomorrow. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing. pp. 198–206. ISBN 0-631-23252-4.
- ^ Charles Allen, Kipling Sahib, London, Little Brown, 2007