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Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

Timeline of Events

1648

5.13.1648

Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed.

1739

3.20.1739

Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.

3.22.1739

Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.

1857

5.11.1857

Indian Mutiny: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.

9.20.1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.

1911

12.12.1911

Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.