Humayun Tomb – Ruins of Delhi
‘As we advanced [into Delhi] the ruins became more thickly scattered around us, and at length covered the country
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Ram Chander & Sons : Story of the Oldest Toy Shop in India
Wandering around Connaught Place (C.P), we encountered a tiny narrow toy shop overlaid by Croma store that could easily be
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𝗧𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗾𝗶 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗽𝘂𝗿
𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐉𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫 Malik Sarwar, described as Habshi Khawaja Sara (Black Eunuch) most successful
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When Mahatma Gandhi Paid Visit to Dargah Qutubbudin Bakhtiyar Kaki Two Days Before His Assassination
Mahatma Gandhi visited Dargah of Qutubbudin Bakhtiyar Kaki, Mehrauli, Delhi amidst the communal riots on 27th January, 1948. He was
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हकीम अजमल ख़ान : पहचान ही नही; आख़री निशान भी अब ख़तरे में, कौन है ज़िम्मेदार?
आज 29 दिसम्बर है. आज ही के दिन हिन्दुस्तान की जंग-ए-आज़ादी के अज़ीम रहनुमा, जामिया मिल्लिया इस्लामिया व तिब्बिया कॉलेज
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A Burqa Clad Woman Commander of Indians in 1857
“Come! God has called you into paradise.” An old woman wearing green clothes, which fully covered her body (Burqa), carrying
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Zinat Un Nisa Masjid: Which was used by the British as barrack and later as a bakery.
Also called Ghata Masjid is one of the famous historical mosques of Shahjahanabad (Dehli). The name of the mosque is
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Hakim Ajmal Khan, Man behind India’s first Female Midwifery School and Hospital.
Masihul Mulk Hakim Mohammed Ajmal Khan was a man of multi-dimensional personality. His whole life was a saga of
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A Bihari Deputy Collector sentenced to death for fighting the British Rule
(Following is a reproduction of a chapter from ‘Inside Bihar’ written by P.C Roy Choudhury, editor of Bihar District Gazetteers,
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NANKHATAI: THE QUINTESSENTIAL DESI BISKOOT
When I was a little girl, my father would fondly tell me about his childhood shenanigans. He would often mention
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Rowlatt Act, 1919 : When Police killed 60 protestors but couldn’t stop the protest
During the First World War the British India Government had enacted a Defence of India Act, 1915 in order to
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