Shahjahanabad, India

India

Shahjahanabad, India shares 47 connections with 2294 other places across 9 topics, with the bulk centered on history, architecture, and landmarks. Built between 1638 and 1649 on Emperor Shah Jahan's commission, the walled city was designed by architect Ustad Ahmad Lahori and enclosed the Lal Qila and Chandni Chowk. Many of its connections reach Lahore and Agra, cities that shared Mughal provincial borders with Shahjahanabad in 1648. Lutyens' Delhi grew immediately south-west of it under British rule, extending the city's architectural thread across two empires.

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