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1400 BC - Indraprasta 600 BC - Rise of cities such as Mathura and Varanasi in the Ganges Valley 321 BC - Accession of Chandragupta, founder of the Mauryan dynasty 273-232 BC - Ashoka's reign 260 BC - Battle of Kalinga leads Ashoka to embrace Buddhism 100 BC - Raja Dhilu founded 'Dilli' according to legend 736 AD - Dhilika (Delhi) is founded by the Rajput Tomars 1000-1027 - Mahmmud of Ghazni makes 17 raids and carries back loot 1151 - Chauhans capture Delhi 1175-1206 - Invasion of Muhammad Ghori 1191 - Mohhamed Ghori captures Delhi 1200 - First storey of Qutb Minar built 1210-36 - Reign of Iltumush 1236-40 - Reign of Razia Sultan, the first ruler of Delhi 1296-1316 - Reign of Allaudin Khilji, great general, builder and administrator 1290-1320 - Khiljis rule Delhi 1300 - New capital built at Siri 1305 - Huaz Khas is built 1320-1414 - Tughlaks rule Delhi 1323 - Tughlaqbad is built 1354 - Firozabad is built 1388 - Begumpuri Masjid is built 1398 - Tamburlaine's invasion of Delhi 1451-1526 - Rule of Lodis, last of Delhi's sultans 1489 - Moti Masjid is built 1517 - Tomb of Sikander Lodi is built 1526 - Babur defeats Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat 1530 - Death of Babur. His son Humayun succeeds him 1538 - Dinpanah (Purana Qila) is built 1539 - Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun at Chausa 1540-55 - Suri sultans rule in Delhi 1556 - Death of Humayun. His son Akbar succeeds him 1569 - Humayun's tomb is built at Delhi 1571-85 - Fatehpur Sikri built 1605 - Death of Akbar. His son Jahangir succeeds him 1627 - Accession of Shahjahan 1648 - Agra capital is shifted to Shahjahanabad, Delhi 1652 - Taj Mahal is completed 1659 - Aurangzeb coronated as emperor 1707 - Death of Aurangzeb, the last great Mughal emperor 1724 - Jantar Mantar is built 1739 - Nadir Shah invades Delhi 1771 - Marathas occupy Delhi 1803 - British take over Delhi 1857 - Siege of Delhi 1877 - Durbar in Delhi 1911 - Coronation Durbar in Delhi 1931 - New Delhi is inaugurated 1947 - India becomes independent 1950 - Delhi made the capital of the republic 1962 - Master plan for Delhi is drawn up 1985 - National capital region demarcated 1992 - Delhi becomes a state 1998 - The right wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power for the first time
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