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Allahabad History

Allahabad is an ancient town, a fact illustrated by references in the Vedas (circa 1500 b.c.) to Prayag, where Brahma, the Hindu Creator of the Universe, supposedly attended a sacrificial ritual. Excavations have revealed Northern Black Polished Ware objects in Allahabad, further corroborating the conjecture that Allahabad existed as a town as early as 1100 b.c. Other objects unearthed in Allahabad indicate that the area was part of the Kushana Empire in the 1st century a.d.


¤ Allahabad Played A Greater Role In Mughal Regime

In his memoirs on India, Huien Tsang, the Chinese chronicler who travelled through India during Harshavardhana’s reign (a.d. 607-647), writes that he visited Prayag in a.d. 643. In a.d. 1193, Muhammad Ghori, the Sultan of Delhi, annexed Prayag. In 1584, the town was renamed Allahabad, or the Abode of Allah, by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, who built one of his largest forts here. It was from Allahabad that Prince Salim, later to become Emperor Jahangir, revolted against his father, the Mughal Emperor Akbar. In 1602, Prince Salim held a parallel Imperial Court in Akbar’s fort in Allahabad. Akbar named Salim his successor, and in 1605, an imperial summons forced the prince to leave Allahabad and proceed to Delhi.

However, Prince Khusrao, Salim’s son and Akbar’s heir apparent if Salim were to continue to revolt, rebelled in 1606. The rebellion was crushed, and Khusrao spent the following year in chains. Later, he was blinded, and murdered in Allahabad in 1622.


¤ Allahabad Formed The Headquarters of Northwest Province

The British made Allahabad the headquarters of the Northwest Provinces and Avadh (Lucknow). In 1858, a year after the Sepoy Mutiny, Lord Canning announced the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown, in Allahabad.