Delhi, has seen the rise and fall of many empires which have left behind a plethora
of monuments that the grandeur and glory of bygone ages . A city which traces its
history to Mahabharata, the great epic tale of wars fought between estranged cousins
, the Kauravas and the Pandavas for the city of Indraprastha.


Mughals ruled Delhi in succession starting from Qutab-ub-din to Khiljis, Tughlaqs .
The city of Delhi passed on to the hands of the British in 1803 AD. It was only in
1911, when the capital of British empire was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi, that
Delhi got its present prestige.

New Delhi, the capital of India, sprawled over the west bank of the river Yamuna is
one of the fastest growing cities in India. It is surrounded on three sides by
Haryana and to the east, across the river Yamuna by Uttar Pradesh. Historically, the
city has long since been the foremost in political importance with successive
dynasties choosing it as their seat of power, between the 13th and the 17th
centuries. Remnants of the glorious past survive as important monuments in different
parts of the city.