The place of Delhi was built in the 1st century BC by Raja Dhilu. In 736 AD, Dhillika was founded. It was the first city of Delhi.
The original name was Dilli, of which the Muhammadan version was Dehli. The accepted spelling is Delhi.
Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom under the Tomara Rajputs, who were defeated in the middle of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of Ajmer. It was under the Tomaras and Chauhans that Delhi became an important commercial center.
The transformation of Delhi into a capital that controlled vast areas of the subcontinent started when in 1192 the legions of the Afghan warrior Muhammad of Ghori captured the Rajput town, and the Delhi Sultanate was established in 1206.
In the year 1803 AD, the city came under the British rule. In 1911, British shifted their capital from Calcutta to Delhi.
Delhi, India
