Firoz Shah came to power in 1351, and died in 1388. He built Feroz Shah Kotla, the fortress, on the banks of the Yamuna and called it Firozabad.

• Firoz Shah did public construction activity on a massive scale. Welfare projects — gardens, serai (inn), water supply — were his priority. 
• Firoz Shah also built Dargah Qadam Sharif, which is located in Delhi’s Sadar Bazar. 
• Firoz Shah is regarded as the honorary founding president of The Conservation Society of Delhi and that the British called him the ‘father of the irrigation department’ because of the many gardens and canals that he built.
• He repaired old structures that needed repair, among which Qutub Minar, Huaz Khas and Surajkund stand out. Hauz Khas was the royal tank built during Alauddin Khalji’s reign in the late 13th century.
• He moved Emperor Ashoka’s pillars erected near Ambala and Meerut in 250 BC, to Delhi and placed in Firozabad
• Firoz Shah was also able to create a “multi-lingual, multi-cultural space by providing patronage to poets, musicians, and various linguistic communities”.
• Under his patronage, premakhyan which is Sufi poetry written in Awadhi grew. It was a new genre of literature. He built many institutes for musicians and poets too.

Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla stadium is set to be renamed Arun Jaitley Stadium after the former Finance Minister, who passed away last month.