Shahjahanabad

Definitions

Synonym of Old Delhi.

historical

Examples

“Shahjahanabad is a unique mixture of beauty and squalor, of memories of past greatness and evidence of present⟳ decay.[…]The task before us is to renew the essential character of Shahjahanabad while making it a healthy and wholesome urban area for its more than four lakh inhabitants.[…]At present⟳ we cannot earmark large sums of money for Shahjahanabad.[…]I hope⟳ the Seminar on Shahjahanabad will look⟳ for practical solutions to the problems of the Walled City.”

“Built by the Mogul Shah Jahan (Emperor of the World), who also built the Taj, it was called Shahjahanabad when completed in the 17th century. Today it is called the walled city or simply Old Delhi.”

“This fort was to be the epicentre of Shahjahanabad, the emperor’s new capital.[…]¶ For more than 30 years, Shahjahanabad thrived, not only as the capital of the Mughal empire, but as a centre of culture, where art, poetry, music, artisanship all flourished. “Shahjahanabad was a statement of a way of life achieved after many centuries”, writes Shama Mitra Chenoy, a professor of history at Delhi University in her book, Shahjahanabad: A City of Delhi 1638-1857.”

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