Once owned by local chieftains, then seized by the Delhi Sultanate, tamed by the Mughals, and controlled by the Rohilla Pashtun tribes before its passage to the British, the story of Bareilly has many dramatic twists and turns. Let’s trace its history through the monuments that have survived

As many as three Sultans of Delhi cut their teeth in Badaun and another retired here after he abdicated the throne. Visit the top ten monuments of a town whose legacy dates back to the Delhi Sultanate and catch some priceless nuggets from a former ‘first city’ of the subcontinent