Q. Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near ____:
Answer: Aurangabad
Notes: Daulatabad is a 14th-century fort city in Maharashtra, India, about 16 kilometers northwest of Aurangabad. Starting 1327, it famously remained the capital of Tughlaq dynasty, under Muhammad bin Tughluq (r. 1325-1351), who also changed its name, and forcibly moved the entire population of Delhi there, for two years, before it was abandoned due to lack of water.

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