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This is a list of locations which have served as the [[capital city]] of [[India]]. The current capital city is [[New Delhi]], which replaced [[Calcutta]] in 1911.

==Early period==

* [[Rajgir]] : Initial capital of the [[Haryanka dynasty|Magadha Empire]] from 6th century BCE to 460 BCE, called '''Girivraj''' at the time. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livehistoryindia.com/amazing-india/2017/09/03/rajgir-on-hallowed-ground | title=Rajgir: On Hallowed Ground | date=September 3, 2017 | access-date=July 22, 2020 | quote=between the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, all roads led to the great city of Rajgir}}</ref>
* [[Pataliputra]]: Capital of the following:
::[[Nanda Dynasty]]
:: [[Maurya Empire]]
::[[Gupta Empire]]
::[[Pala Empire]]
* [[Begram]] and [[Mathura]]: Summer and winter capitals respectively of the [[Kushan Empire]]
* [[Amaravathi_(village),_Guntur_district|Dharanikota near Amaravati]] and [[Paithan|Pratishthānapura]]: Capitals of [[Satavahana|Satavahana Empire]]
*[[Srikakulam, Krishna district]]: Capital of [[Satavahana dynasty]]
*[[Chejerla, Guntur district|Kandapura:]] Capital of [[Ananda Gotrika]]
*[[Rajahmahendravaram]]: Capital of [[Eastern Chalukyas|Eastern Chalukya Kingdom]], [[Reddi Kingdom]]
*[[Vangipuram|Vangipuram or Peddavegi]]: Capital of [[Salankayana dynasty]] and [[Eastern Chalukyas|Eastern Chalukya Kingdom]]
*[[Vijayapuri South]] or [[Nagarjunakonda]]: Capital of [[Andhra Ikshvaku|Andhra Ikshvakus]]
*[[Kalinganagara]] (modern Mukhalingam): Capital of Eastern Ganga dynasty
*[[Kannauj]]: Capital of [[Harsha]]vardhana's short-lived empire; also of Pratiharas.
* [[Manyakheta]], [[Avanti (India)|Avanti]]: Capitals of [[Rashtrakuta Dynasty]] and [[Pratihara|Pratihara Empire]] respectively.
*[[Gadhipur]]: center of administration of the Gupta dynasty. Capital under [[Jamwal]] kings [[Gaadhi]] and [[Vishwamitra]].
* [[Karur]]: Capital of [[Chera Dynasty|Cheras]]
*[[Dharapuram]]: Capital of [[Kongu Nadu]]
* [[Puhar, Nagapattinam|Puhar]]: Capital of [[Early Cholas]].
* [[Madurai]]: Capital of [[Pandyan dynasty|Pandyas]]
* [[Gauḍa (city)|Gauḍa]]: Capital of Pala dynasty along with [[Pataliputra]]
* [[Sigal, Sakastan|Sigal]]: First capital of the Sakas 70bce-400
* [[Taxila]]: Second capital of the Sakas 70bce-400
* [[Mathura]]: Third capital of the Sakas 70bce-400
* [[Sagala]]: Capital of the Indo-Greeks
* [[Bhinmal]]: Capital of Gurjara Empire

* [[Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh|Jaunpur]]: Capital of Sharqī dynasty (1394–1479).

==Medieval period==

*[[Daulatabad, Maharashtra|Daulatabad]]: In 1327, [[Tughlaq dynasty|Indian]], under [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]] (r. 1325-1351), forcibly moved the entire population of Delhi here, for two years, before it was abandoned due to lack of water.
*[[Ghor]]: Capital of Ghurid Sultanate
* [[Badaun]]: Capital of [[Iltutmish]] empire.
* [[Agra]]: Capital of [[Sikandar Lodhi]] at the time of the Lodhi dynasty. Sultan Sikandar Lodī (1488–1517) was the first to move his capital from Delhi to Agra in 1506.
* [[Vijayanagara]]: Capital of [[Vijayanagara Empire]] from 1571 until 1585, when it was abandoned, ostensibly due to lack of water.
* [[Kanchipuram]] Capital of [[Pallava dynasty|Pallavas]]
* [[Thanjavur]]: Capital of [[Chola dynasty|Cholas]]
* [[Allahabad]]: The city was a provincial capital in the [[Mughal Empire]] and was the headquarters of [[Jahangir]] from 1599 to 1604.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pletcher |first=Kenneth |date=15 August 2010 |title=The Geography of India: Sacred and Historic Places |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mjr0X-8jrLAC&pg=PA128&dq=Allahabad+massacre&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_wgsU5Ibw4WsB66ggYgN&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Allahabad%20massacre&f=false |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |pages=128 |access-date=21 March 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Murshidabad]]: In 1704, nawab [[Murshid Quli Khan]] changed the seat of government from [[Dhaka]] to [[Murshidabad]], renaming it after himself.
* [[Pune]]: In 1730, Pune became the capital of the [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] of the [[Maratha Empire]].At this time Maratha Empire was at its peak, and became the only non-mughal capital.
*
*[[Munger]]: [[Mir Qasim|Mir Qasim Ali]], the [[Nawab of Bengal]] (from 1760 to 1764). In 1763, Quasim shifted his capital from [[Murshidabad]] to [[Munger]].
*[[Patna]]: [[Sher Shah Suri]]'s capital for a brief period of 5 years}}
*[[Hanamkonda]] and [[Warangal]]: Capital of Kakatiya Dynasty
*[[Addanki]]: Capital of Reddy Kingdom

==Modern period==
* In 1858, [[Allahbad]] (now Prayagraj) became the capital of India for a day when it also served as the capital of [[North-Western Provinces]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Town Planning Regeneration of Cities|author=Ashutosh Joshi|publisher=New India Publishing|date= 1 Jan 2008|isbn=8189422820 |page=237 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFaGME0XDBkC&pg=PA151&dq=Naini&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CN7OUsznI8yTrgeDwYDgCw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=Allahabad%20capital&f=false }}</ref>
* During the [[British Raj]], until 1911, '''[[Calcutta]]''' was the capital of India.<ref name="Hall">{{Cite book|last= Hall|first= Peter|author-link= Peter Hall (urbanist)|title=Cities of tomorrow |year=2002 |publisher= Blackwell Publishing |location=Oxford, UK|isbn=0-631-23252-4 |pages = 198–206}}</ref>
*By the latter half of the 19th century, '''[[Shimla]]''' had become the summer capital.<ref name="ReferenceA">[[Charles Allen (writer)|Charles Allen]], ''[[Kipling Sahib]]'', London, Little Brown, 2007</ref>
* [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] proclaimed the transfer of the capital from Calcutta to '''[[Delhi]]''' at the climax of the 1911 [[Imperial Durbar]] on 12 December 1911. The buildings housing the [[Viceroy of India|Viceroy]], [[Secretariat Building, New Delhi|government]], and [[Parliament of India|parliament]] were inaugurated in early 1931.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}}

==References==
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