Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

What was the name of the 'new Mughal capital' during Shah Jahan's rule?

Options:

Shahjahanapur

Shahjahanabad

Shahjahananagar

Shahjahanagarh

Correct Answer:

Shahjahanabad

Explanation:

In 1648 the court, army and household moved from Agra to the newly completed imperial capital, Shahjahanabad. It was a new addition to the old residential city of Delhi, with the Red Fort, the Jama Masjid, a tree-lined esplanade with bazaars (Chandni Chowk) and spacious homes for the nobility. Shah Jahan’s new city was appropriate to a more formal vision of a grand monarchy.