Statistics for First Indian Cities in History to Reach 100,000 People

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Year	Subdivision	City	% Correct
1300	Delhi	Delhi	91%
1746	West Bengal	Kolkata	91%
1776	Maharashtra	Mumbai	90%
1790	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	87%
1831	Karnataka	Bangalore	84%
1500	Gujarat	Ahmedabad	83%
1724	Telangana	Hyderabad	79%
1560	Uttar Pradesh	Agra	77%
1772	Maharashtra	Pune	75%
1765	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	74%
1850	Rajasthan	Jaipur	73%
350 BC	Bihar	Patna	66%
1625	Gujarat	Surat	63%
1725	Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi	58%
1820	Maharashtra	Nagpur	56%
1845	Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur	55%
1735	Rajasthan	Jodhpur	47%
1848	Punjab	Amritsar	44%
1898	Tamil Nadu	Madurai	40%
1640	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar	40%
1850	Gujarat	Vadodara	33%
1864	Uttar Pradesh	Prayagraj	32%
1350	Karnataka	Vijayanagara	26%
1684	Maharashtra	Aurangabad	21%
1882	Uttar Pradesh	Meerut	21%
1850	Uttar Pradesh	Bareilly	18%
1250	Odisha	Cuttack	17%
1800	Madhya Pradesh	Ujjain	17%
1899	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	16%
1440	Uttar Pradesh	Jaunpur	12%
1010	Tamil Nadu	Thanjavur	12%
1898	West Bengal	Howrah	11%
1566	Karnataka	Bijapur	10%
620 AD	Uttar Pradesh	Kannauj	10%
1300	West Bengal	Gauḍa	9%
1704	West Bengal	Murshidabad	9%
1770	Rajasthan	Bharatpur	5%
1000	Gujarat	Patan	5%
1774	Karnataka	Srirangapatna	4%
1615	Madhya Pradesh	Burhanpur	3%
1753	West Bengal	Chandannagar	3%
1085	Maharashtra	Kalyan	3%
900 AD	Karnataka	Malkheda	3%
1639	Jharkhand	Rajmahal	3%