Old Delhi

Old Delhi , also called Purāni Dilli (, , ), is a walled city of Delhi, founded as Shāhjahānābād (, , ) by Indian Emperor Shahjahan in 1639.http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/080817/dmag9.htm Past Present: Shahjahanabad Before 1857; by Mubarak Ali It remained the capital of the Mughals until the end of the Mughal dynasty.History of Mughal Architecture; by R. Nath, Abhinav Publications, 2006City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi; by William Dalrymple, Olivia Fraser. HarperCollins, 1993

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Category:Cities in India
Category:1639 establishments
Category:17th-century establishments in India