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 ...

She was born in 1205 to the house of Shams-us-din Iltutmish, as his only daughter. When Iltutmish had to leave for Gwalior, ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 25th edition of Jahan-e-Khusrau in Delhi, praising the Sufi tradition and Amir ...

Duarte Barbosa lived in South India from 1501 to 1517 and visited Gujarat in 1515. His descriptions of the cities and ports of Gujarat, along with the enterprising merchants and shipowners are ...

The Badaun of today is a place of many pasts, many identities. At the current time, if a person were to call it by its ancient name ‘Vodamayuta’ – meaning an ornament in the land of Panchala – even ...

HYDERABAD: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy Tuesday invoked regional pride as he targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, referring to them as "Delhi Sultans".

The oldest road in the country was constructed by Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Maurya dynasty. However, in the ...

Even Maharashtra, India’s financial nucleus, is often at the mercy of the Delhi Sultanate for critical policy directions and tweaks. The Maharashtra legislature has 288 seats while the Delhi ...