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M S Siddiqui August 13, 2022 Delhi, Humayun Tomb, Humayun Tomb - Ruins of Delhi, Mughal Monuments, Ruins of Delhi

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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Shagufi Fatima February 24, 2021 Connaught place, Delhi, oldest shop, toys

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

Celebrities Heritage

Muhib Khan February 3, 2021February 4, 2021 Delhi, Habshi Khawaja Sara, India, Mughal, Mughals, Tughlaq, 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐉𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐪𝐢𝐬

𝗧𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗾𝗶 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗽𝘂𝗿

𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐉𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫 Malik Sarwar, described as Habshi Khawaja Sara (Black Eunuch) most successful

Freedom Fighter Heritage

Md Umar Ashraf December 29, 2020February 16, 2022 Congress, Delhi, hakim, hakim Ajmal khan, Hakim Kabiruddin Ahmad, Hakim Mohammed Moizuddin Farooqui, Hindu Muslim Unity, president, President of Congress, Unani, Unani Day, हकीम साहब

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

Freedom Fighter Freedom Movement

Saquib Salim June 30, 2020June 30, 2020 1857, Afghanistan, Ambala, Bareilly, Bihar, British, Calcutta, Delhi, Deoband, Deputy Collector, Freedom Fighter, Hazra, India, Jihad, Maulvi, Maulvi Ahmadullah, Meerut, Nationalism, Patna, Patna Municipality, Patriotic, Ravenshaw, Sadikpur, Syed Ahmad, Wahabi, Wahhabi

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,

Shivangi Pandey June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 Almond, Bake, Bakery, BHU, Biscuit, Biskoot, China, Chowder Singh, Cuisine, Delhi, Dutch, Food, Guajarat, Heritage, Indian Bakery, JNU, Naankhatai, Nankhatai, Parsi, Surat

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

Freedom Movement Historical Event

Saquib Salim December 24, 2019 Chandni Chowk, Delhi, Delhi Police, Jallianwala Bagh, Mahatma Gandhi, Massacre, Police, Police Brutality, Rowlatt Act

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