CUET Preparation Today
| GT Road was initially known as Shahi Road, was built by which of the following? |
Jahangir Sher Shah Suri Akbar Shahjahan |
| Sher Shah Suri |
| Sher Shah Suri built the Shahi (Royal) (Royal) road to strengthen and consolidate his empire from the Indus Valley to the Sonar Valley in Bengal. This road was renamed the Grand Trunk (GT) road during the British period, connecting Calcutta and Peshawar. At present, it extends from Amritsar to Kolkata. It is bifurcated into 2 segments : (a) National Highway(NH)-1 from Delhi to Amritsar AmritsarAmritsar, and (b) NH- 2 from Delhi to Kolkata |
