Old Delhi?

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   Old Delhi (Hindi: ?????? ??????, Punjabi: ?????? ?????, Urdu: ?????? ???? Purani Dilli), walled city of Delhi, was founded as Shahjahanabad (Hindi: ???????????, Punjabi: ????????????, Urdu: ??????? ????) by Indian Emperor Shahjahan in 1639.It remained the capital of the Mughals until the end of the Mughal dynasty.
   
   It was once filled with mansions of nobles and members of the royal court, along with elegant mosques and gardens. Today, despite having become extremely crowded and dilapidated, it still serves as the symbolic heart of metropolitan Delhi.
   
   The site of Shahjahanabad is north of earlier settlements of Delhi, its southern part overlaps some of the area settled during the Tughlaqs. The British city ("Lutyens' Delhi") was developed just south-east of Shahjahanabad.

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