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How Delhi, once ruled by Tomars, became the capital for Khiljis, Mughals and British
For centuries, even before the British arrived in India, Delhi was the centre of power in the region. From the Tomars, who ...
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The Story of India
The first ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, Qutb-ud-Din Aybak, commissioned the column as a symbol of triumph in 1199. After Aybak died, while playing polo after just four years of rule, his successor ...
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The author deftly balances fact and fiction in this intergenerational saga
The Mughal ruler Humayun has just died after tripping ... from the creation of the Delhi Sultanate to Partition. Taking off from the characters introduced in the first book — Shagufta and ...