General Knowledge / Important Indian Cities & Their Founders

City Founder Location When
Agra Sikandar Lodi Uttar Pradesh In 1504
Ahmedabad Ahmed Shah I Gujarat In 1411
Ajmer Ajayraja II (Son of Prithviraj I) Rajasthan
Allahabad (as ILLAHABAS) Akbar  Uttar Pradesh In 1575
Ambala Amba Rajput King Punjab During 14th century
Amritsar Guru Ram Das (4th Sikh Guru) Punjab In 1574
Bijapur (Vijayapura) Yosuf Adil Shah Karnataka
Bikaner Rao Bika Rajasthan In 1488
Faizabad Founded by Ali Vardi Khan, nawab of Bengal.
The foundation was laid by Saadat Khan, the second Nawab of Awadh
Uttar Pradesh  In 1730
Fatehpur Sikri Akbar Uttar Pradesh In 1569
Ghaziabad Wazir Ghazi-ud-din Uttar Pradesh In 1740
Hampi Harihara Raya I 
Bukka Raya I
Karnataka  
Hyderabad Md.Quli Qutub Shah Telangana In 1589
Jaipur Raja Jai Singh II Rajasthan In 1727
Jaunpur Feroz Shah Tuglaq Uttar Pradesh  In 1359
Jodhpur Rao Jodha  Rajasthan  In 1459 
Madras Francis Day and
Andrew Cogan
Tamil Nadu  In 1640 
Muradabad Rustam Khan Uttar Pradesh In 1625
Pondicherry François Martin Union Territory  In 1674
Srinagar Pravarsena II Jammu & Kashmir   
Tuglaqabad Ghiasuddin Tughlak Delhi  In 1320 
Vijayanagar Harihara I and Bukka Raya I Karnataka In 1336
Warangal Beta Raja I Andhra Pradesh  12th century 


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