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Founders of Towns and Cities in India

Founders of Towns and Cities in India

Cities and Towns in India

  • India is the 7th largest country in the world in terms of area and 2nd largest in terms of population. With a landscape and culture so diverse, there are many things we need to know about our motherland.
  • Delhi, the national capital, is the largest city by area and population in North India.
  • Mumbai, the financial capital, is the most populous and also the wealthiest city in India.
  • Bengaluru, formerly known as Bangalore, and Chennai, formerly known as Madras, are the largest cities in South India.
  • Kolkata, the cultural capital, and Guwahati are the largest cities in East and Northeast India respectively.

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Indian Cities and their Founders

  • Ancient India has many famous cities which played an important role in ruling the county as capitals by the famous emperors.
  • Some of the major cities in India were funded by the famous kings who ruled India at their times. For Example Akbar build the famous cities like Allahabad and Fathepur Sikri, Ahmed Shah built Ahmadabad and Quli Qutub shah build Hyderabad city. 
  • Here we have mentioned the founders of Towns in India and their founders and ancient cities in India which are served as the capitals for the people and kings.

List of Indian Cities and their Founders

  • All Important Indian Cities and their Founders with established year is mentioned in following list.

 

City

Location

Founder

When

Agra

Uttar Pradesh

Sikandar Lodi

In 1504

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Ahmed Shah I

In 1411

Ahmednagar

Maharashtra

Ahmed Nizam Shah (Malik Ahmed)

 

Ajmer

Rajasthan

Ajayraja II (Son of Prithviraj I)

Allahabad (now Prayagraj)

Uttar Pradesh

Akbar (established as Illahabas)

In 1575

Ambala

Punjab

Amba Rajput King

During the 14th century

Amritsar

Punjab

Guru Ram Das (4th Sikh Guru)

In 1574

Azamgarh

Uttar Pradesh

Azam Khan

 

Azamgarh

Uttar Pradesh

Azam (son of Hindu father Vikramjit & muslim mother)

 

Barmer

Rajasthan

Mallinath

 

Bharatpur

Rajasthan

Maharaj Suraj Mal

 

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

Raja Bhoj

 

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

Otto Konigsberger

 

Bijapur (Vijayapura)

Karnataka

Yosuf Adil Shah

Bikaner

Rajasthan

Rao Bika

In 1488

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Le Corbusier

 

Chennai (Madras)

Tamil Nadu

Francis Day and Andrew Cogan

 

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

UT near Gujarat

Portuguese

 

Daman and Diu

UT near Gujarat

Portuguese

 

Daulatabad

Maharashtra

Muhammad bin Tughluq

 

Delhi

Delhi

Anangpal Tomar, Rajput King in 736 AD, Qutub-ud Din Aibak of Slave dynasty in 1206

736

Faizabad

Uttar Pradesh

Founded by Ali Vardi Khan, nawab of Bengal.The foundation was laid by Saadat Khan, the second Nawab of Awadh.

In 1730

Farrukhabad

Uttar Pradesh

Nawab Mohammad Khan (named after Emperor Farrukhsiyar)

 

Fatehpur Sikri

Uttar Pradesh

Akbar

In 1569

Firozabad

Uttar Pradesh

Firoz Shah Mansab Dar

1556

Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh

Wazir Ghazi-Ud-Din

In 1740

Hampi

Karnataka

Harihara Raya I and Bukka Raya I

Hisar

Harayana

Firozshah Tuglaq

 

Hyderabad

Telangana

Md.Quli Qutub Shah

In 1589

Jaipur

Rajasthan

Raja Jai Singh II

In 1727

Jalandhar

Punjab

5th Sikh Guru Arjan Dev founded Kartarpur which is a town/city of Jalandhar

1594

Jaunpur

Uttar Pradesh

Feroz Shah Tuglaq

In 1359

Jodhpur

Rajasthan

Rao Jodha

In 1459

Junagarh

Rajasthan

Raja Jai Singh

 

Kolkata

West Bengal

Job Charnok

 

Madras

Tamil Nadu

Francis Day and Andrew Cogan

In 1640

Mahabalipuram

Tamil Nadu

Narsimhavarman

 

Muradabad

Uttar Pradesh

Rustam Khan on the name of Murad Baksh, son of Shah Jahan

In 1625

Patna (Pataliputra)

Bihar

Ajatashatru

 

Pondicherry

Union Territory

François Martin

In 1674

Srinagar

Jammu & Kashmir

Pravarsena II

3rd century BC

Tuglaqabad

Delhi

Ghiasuddin Tughlak

In 1320

Udaipur

Rajasthan

Udai Singh II

1559

Vijayanagar

Karnataka

Harihara Raya I and Bukka Raya I

In 1336

Warangal

Andhra Pradesh

Beta Raja I

12th century

 

 

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