Lodi Gardens
There exist several monuments of the Sayyid and Lodi periods in the old Lady Willingdon Park, now popularly known as Lodi Gardens.
There exist several monuments of the Sayyid and Lodi periods in the old Lady Willingdon Park, now popularly known as Lodi Gardens.
Purana Qila originally lay on the bank of the Yamuna. It is believed that Sher Shah left the Purana Qila unfinished, and it was completed by Humayun.
Rooh Afza started as a medicinal drink and became popular as a summer drink in Delhi. By 1947, Rooh Afza was found in every Delhi kitchen.
This was the ritual of Khandan -e- Sharifi that the leader of the family will be the same leader who lives in the Sharif Manzil. After Sadiq Ali Khan, Ghulam Mahmood Khan was given the charge
हकीम शरीफ़ ख़ान ने 1720 में एक ‘हवेली’ बनवाया था। हकीम सादिक़ अली […]
Shubhneet Kaushik बनारस में बांसफाटक स्थित कारमाइकल लाइब्रेरी उत्तर भारत की सबसे पुरानी […]
Prashant Tandon लाहौर गुरुद्वारा शहीदगंज सदियों पुराने मुस्लिम सिख विवाद, सुलह और कानून […]
In return; later when Shahu returned to Maharashtra he commissioned a Mosque in memory of Zinatun Nisa Begum- ‘Begum Masjid’ of Satara (Maharashtra).
आज 12 रबीअव्वल है; इस्लामिक कैलेंडर के मुताबिक़ हिजरी कैलेंडर के तीसरे महीने […]
Jamia Millia Islamia is the only university whose teachers as well as students participated in the freedom movement. Described as the “Lusty child of the non-cooperation days” by Jawaharlal Nehru
Shahjahan transferred his capital from Agra to Delhi in 1638 and laid the foundation of Shahjahanabad, the seventh city of Delhi.
Shaikh Nizamuddin was born at Badaun in 1236. He lost his father at the age of five and came to Delhi with his mother. Later he became the disciple of the famous saint Shaikh Farid Shakarganj, who appointed him as his successor. His original tomb does not exist any longer.
Surajkund is an ancient reservoir of the 10th century located in Faridabad, Haryana. It is believed to have been constructed in the tenth century by King Surajpal of the Tomar Dynasty.
The Tomar Rajputs are believed to have settled first in the Suraj-kund area and shifted west, where Anangpal raised the citadel of Lal Kot.
The idea of reservation to OBCs (Hindus, Muslims or Sikhs) came about in 1990 after the Mandal Commission recommendations were implemented. The reservation under article 341 defined only SC community and most of these Pasmanda castes don’t come under this identification.
“This is the Congress radio calling on 42.34 meters from somewhere in India,” spoke Usha Mehta after the Quit India Movement had been silenced by the Britishers.
Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan plays Usha Mehta in her movie Ae Watan Mere Watan.
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During the Bengal famine, Sahir Ludhianvi wrote a poem which has a couplet:
In 1839, Samuel Morse, reputed as the telegraph pioneer, laid the first telegraph lines connecting Washington to Baltimore. In India, the same year, O’Shaughnessy completed 21 miles of a telegraph line wrapped around trees and vast stretches which included a river crossing of 4 miles as an experiment.
Democracy is an occidental idea. A Hindu cannot comprehend it as long as he is a Hindu. It is against his religious belief. The divisions of Varna are the basis of his religion. He cannot see without distress a Brahman or Kshtriya serving a Sudra. A Brahman may beg or even may die, yet he will never touch a dish from which a Sudra has partaken food.
Allama Iqbal Letter to Mahatma Gandhi, declining the offer of Vice-chancellorship of Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh, 29th November 1920.
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Zafaruddin Bihari: A scholar and Former Principal of Madrasa Shamsul Hoda