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Heritage buildings of Bhopal tell a story of negligence & detachment from history

  • Post Author By Nashra Rehman
  • Post Date August 19, 2025
In Bhopal, there is an immediate need to seek attention and preservation methods to safeguard the historical sites from collapsing.
Estimated read time 6 min read

Celebrating a Century of Educational Book House: An Enduring Legacy of Literature and Learning in Aligarh

  • Post Author By Dr. Asad Faisal Farooqui
  • Post Date July 27, 2025
Responding to this need, Abdul Shaheed Khan, an alumnus of MAO College Aligarh from Meerut, opened a small stationery shop …Read more  »
Estimated read time 10 min read

Taj Mahal: Designers, Engineers & the role of Hindus

  • Post Author By Team HT
  • Post Date June 29, 2024
The Superintendent of the masons was Muhammad Hanif of Akbarabad. Mohan Lal, Manohar Singh, and Mannoo Lal, mosaicists from Lahore, …Read more  »
Estimated read time 3 min read

What did happen to the Mughals after Bahadur Shah Zafar?

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date January 21, 2024
The photograph shows Mirza Ilahi Bakhsh, or Shahzada Muhammad Hideyat Afza, in 1862. This man was from the Royal house …Read more  »
What did happen to the Mughals after Bahadur Shah Zafar?
Estimated read time 4 min read

Jauna Shah II: a Subservient servant of Firoz Shah Tughlaq and seven Mosques of Delhi.

  • Post Author By Muhib Khan
  • Post Date January 11, 2024
Jauna Shah II alisa Khan I Jahan II son of Khan i Jahan I Malik Maqbool Tilangani
Jauna Shah II: a Subservient servant of Firoz Shah Tughlaq and seven Mosques of Delhi.
Estimated read time 6 min read

Mosque of Shaikh ‘Abdu-n Nabi, A forgotten mosque from Akbar’s reign,

  • Post Author By Muhib Khan
  • Post Date August 1, 2023
Estimated read time 3 min read

Living Heritage: Not Just Community Gathering, This Darwaza in a Bihar Village Had Roots in Freedom Struggle

  • Post Author By Majid Alam
  • Post Date July 26, 2023
The building was made around 1872 and the renovation was done later in 1964, the year of Nehru's death. The …Read more  »
The building was made around 1872 and the renovation was done later in 1964, the year of Nehru's death. The Darwaza is said to be made by the brothers Munshi Qamruddin and Munshi Sirajuddin. Today, it is maintained and taken care of by the children and grandchildren of Abdus Salam Sahab and Haji Akhtar Sahab.
Estimated read time 2 min read

Arail: The village with long trail of history

  • Post Author By Khalid Bin Umar
  • Post Date May 24, 2023
According to Humayun Nama, the only reason he made it to the imperial capital at all was because of the …Read more  »
Arail: The village with long trail of history
Estimated read time 4 min read

Grave of Jallianwala Bagh’s hero, Kitchlew, lies in utter neglect

  • Post Author By Md Umar Ashraf
  • Post Date April 13, 2023
“The city’s (Amritsar’s) residents feel Gandhi (Mahatma) had no role in Amritsar (Jallianwala Bagh tragedy). Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew, the local …Read more  »
Grave of Saifuddin Kitchlew, the leader of Jallianwala Bagh
Estimated read time 2 min read

Humayun Tomb – Ruins of Delhi

  • Post Author By M S Siddiqui
  • Post Date August 13, 2022
A description of the ruins of Humayun's Tomb in Delhi.
Panoramic shot of Humayun Tomb from the 1860s
Estimated read time 2 min read

Cooch Behar And Its Forgotten Dewan, Kalika Das Dutta

  • Post Author By Asmita Dey
  • Post Date April 26, 2022
Pragjyotisha, an ancient princely state in Indian epics, included the western town of Kamarupa, later named Cooch Behar after the …Read more  »
Kalika Das Dutta, The Forgotten Dewan of Cooch Behar
Estimated read time 13 min read

A Shia Mirza Ismail constructed a Sunni mosque

  • Post Author By Mahino Fatima
  • Post Date March 8, 2022
Mirza Ismail, a Shia Muslim by faith, who was the Prime Minister of Mysore had spoken these words at the …Read more  »
A Shia Mirza Ismail constructed a Sunni mosque
Estimated read time 3 min read

The Maharajah’s well at Stoke Row, United Kingdom

  • Post Author By M S Siddiqui
  • Post Date October 30, 2021
Stoke Row is a village close to Reading, in Oxfordshire. The village is noted for ‘The Maharaja’s Well’. There is …Read more  »
The Maharajah’s well
Estimated read time 3 min read

Tales of two Historical Mosques and one Mission: Education.

  • Post Author By Muhib Khan
  • Post Date October 29, 2021
This is a historical Mosque in many manners and it has a connection with Akbarabadi Mosque Delhi. Azizunnisa Begum was …Read more  »
Tales of two Historical Mosques and one Mission: Education.
Estimated read time 2 min read

The Erstwhile Khanpur Estate & Bara Basti Villages

  • Post Author By Musa Munir Khan
  • Post Date July 30, 2021
The erstwhile Khanpur estate & bara basti villages
Estimated read time 4 min read

Nitish Kumar’s Patna – A city built upon the “samtal” grounds of Azeemabad

  • Post Author By S. N. Ali Fraz Rezvi
  • Post Date June 10, 2021
It is important to revisit the many monuments that have been destroyed in the past five years, under Mr. Nitish Kumar's …Read more  »
Nitish Kumar's Patna - A city built upon the "samtal" grounds of Azeemabad
Estimated read time 8 min read

Shaikh Jarrah – A historical perspective !

  • Post Author By Khalid Bin Umar
  • Post Date May 16, 2021
In the last few weeks Sheikh Jarrah has become an emblem of what Palestinians see as an Israeli campaign to …Read more  »
Shaikh Jarrah - A historical perspective !
Estimated read time 5 min read

Hold back your bulldozers, Mr. Nitish Kumar

  • Post Author By Mohammed Wajihuddin
  • Post Date April 11, 2021
The seminars, workshops, elocution and essay competitions and poetry recitation sessions Dr Bedar held at KBL provided fuel to the …Read more  »
Khuda Bakhsh Library
Estimated read time 7 min read

Raja Tikait Rai (1760–1808) at Damgarha

  • Post Author By Khalid Bin Umar
  • Post Date April 1, 2021
Raja Tikait Rai was very close to the spiritual successor and the most famous disciple of Shah Basit Ali Qalandar, …Read more  »
Raja Tikait Rai (1760–1808) at Damgarha
Estimated read time 4 min read

Hampi : The Pride of Vijaynagar Empire. (14th to 16th Century)

  • Post Author By Sufia Fatima
  • Post Date March 30, 2021
The Vijaynagar Empire was strong with its military and cavalry they had elephant stables made where the elephants were kept …Read more  »
Hampi : The Pride of Vijaynagar Empire.
Estimated read time 3 min read

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