List of Famous Historic Cities and their Founders
| City | Location | Founder |
| Agra | Uttar Pradesh | Sikandar Lodi |
| Ahmedabad | Gujarat | Sultan Ahmed Shah |
| Ahmednagar | Maharashtra | Ahmed Nizam Shah (Malik Ahmed) |
| Ajmer | Rajasthan | Raja Ajaypal Chauhan |
| Allahabad | Uttar Pradesh | Akbar |
| Ambala | Punjab | Amba Rajput king in 14th century |
| Amritsar | Punjab | 4th Sikh Guru Ram Das in 1574 |
| Azamgarh | Uttar Pradesh | Azam ( son of hindu father Vikramjit, and muslim mother) |
| Barmer | Rajasthan | Mallinath |
| Bharatpur | Rajasthab | Maharaj Suraj Mal |
| Bijapur | Karnataka | Yosuf Adil Shah |
| Bikaner | Rajasthan | Rao Bika in 1486 |
| Daman and Diu | Union Territory near Gujarat | Portuguese |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Union Territory near Gujarat | Portuguese |
| Delhi | Delhi | Anangpal Tomar, Rajput King in 736 AD, Qutub-ud Din Aibak of Slave dynasty in 1206 |
| Faizabad | Uttar Pradesh | Saadat khan |
| Farrukhabad | Uttar Pradesh | Nawab Mohammad Khan (named after Emperor Farrukhsiyar) |
| FatehpurSikri | Uttar Pradesh | Akbar |
| Firozabad | Uttar Pradesh | Firoz Shah Mansab Dar in 1556 |
| Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | Ghazi-ud Din in 1740 |
| Hampi | Karnataka | Harihara 1, Bukka Raya 1 |
| Hyderabad | Telangana | Md Quli Qutub Shah |
| Jaipur | Rajasthan | Sawai Raja Jai Singh II |
| Jalandhar | Punjab | 5th Sikh Guru Arjan Dev founded Kartarpur which is a town/city of Jalandhar in 1594 |
| Jaunpur | Uttar Pradesh | Feroz Shah Tughlaq in 1359 |
| Jodhpur | Rajasthan | Rao Jodha in 1459 |
| Junagarh | Rajasthan | Raja Jai Singh |
| Mahabalipuram | Tamil Nadu | Narsimhavarman |
| Muradabad | Uttar Pradesh | by Rustam Khan on the name of MuradBaksh, son of Shah Jahan |
| Pondicherry | Union Territory near Tamil Nadu | Francois Martin in 1674 |
| Srinagar | J & K | King Pravarasena II in 3rd century BC |
| Tughlakabad | Present Delhi | Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq |
| Udaipur | Rajasthan | Udai Singh II in 1559 |
| Vijaynagar | Karnataka | Harihara 1, Bukka Raya 1 |
| Warangal | Andhra Pradesh | Kakatiya dynasty |