List of capitals of India - wikipedia List of capitals of India This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2012 ) Contents 1 Early period 2 Medieval period 3 Modern period 4 References Early period Pataliputra : Capital of the following below : Nanda Dynasty Maurya Empire Gupta Empire Pala Empire 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 Punjab : still holds very important place in indian politics Daulatabad : In 1327, Tughlaq dynasty, under Muhammad bin Tughluq ( r. 1325 - 1351 ), forcibly moved the entire population of Delhi here, for two years, before it was abandoned due to lack of water. Ghor : Capital of Ghurid Sultanate Badaun : Capital of Iltutmish empire. Agra : Capital of Sikandar lodhi at the time of lodhi dynasty. Sultan Sikandar Lodī ( 1488 -- 1517 ) was the first to move his capital from Delhi to Agra in 1506. Vijayanagara : Capital of Vijayanagara Empire from 1571 until 1585, when it was abandoned, ostensibly due to lack of water. Kanchipuram Capital of Pallavas Thanjavur : Capital of Cholas Allahabad : The city was a provincial capital in the Mughal Empire and was the headquarters of Jahangir from 1599 to 1604. Murshidabad : In 1704, nawab Murshid Quli Khan changed the seat of government from Dhaka to Murshidabad, renaming it after himself. Pune : In 1730, Pune became the seat of the Peshwa of Maratha Empire. Munger : Mir Qasim Ali, the Nawab of Bengal ( from 1760 to 1764 ). In 1763, Quasim shifted his capital from Murshidabad to Munger. Patna : Sher Shah Suri 's capital for brief period of 5 years Modern period In 1858, Allahabad became the capital of India for a day when it also served as the capital of North - Western Provinces. During the British Raj, until 1911, Calcutta was the capital of India. By the latter half of the 19th century Shimla had become the summer capital. 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. References Jump up ^ Pletcher, Kenneth ( August 15, 2010 ). The Geography of India : Sacred and Historic Places. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 128. Retrieved March 21, 2014. Jump up ^ Ashutosh Joshi ( 1 Jan 2008 ). Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. New India Publishing. p. 237. ISBN 8189422820. Jump up ^ Hall, Peter ( 2002 ). Cities of tomorrow. Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing. pp. 198 -- 206. ISBN 0 - 631 - 23252 - 4. Jump up ^ Charles Allen, Kipling Sahib, London, Little Brown, 2007 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_capitals_of_India&oldid=851365014 '' Categories : Lists of cities in India Capitals by country India history - related lists History of Kolkata History of Bengal Lists of capitals Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from September 2012 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from September 2008 Talk Contents About Wikipedia भोजपुरी Español മലയാളം संस्कृतम् Edit links This page was last edited on 21 July 2018, at 19 : 54 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: when did delhi become capital of british india
Answer: December 12, 1911