Decolonising Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
All of us are familiar with the image of a rather corpulent Nawab Wajid Ali Shah wearing an angarkha in ...
The Flowers that Bloom on Taj Mahal
When Mumtaz Mahal passed away, Bebadal Khan wrote the chronogram for her that yielded 1040 — the Hijri year of ...
The Flowers that Bloom on Taj Mahal
When Mumtaz Mahal passed away, Bebadal Khan wrote the chronogram for her that yielded 1040 — the Hijri year of ...
The Flowers that Bloom on Taj Mahal
When Mumtaz Mahal passed away, Bebadal Khan wrote the chronogram for her that yielded 1040 — the Hijri year of ...
The Flowers that Bloom on Taj Mahal
When Mumtaz Mahal passed away, Bebadal Khan wrote the chronogram for her that yielded 1040 — the Hijri year of ...
The Flowers that Bloom on Taj Mahal
When Mumtaz Mahal passed away, Bebadal Khan wrote the chronogram for her that yielded 1040 — the Hijri year of ...
What the Calligraphy on Taj Mahal tells us
In Islam, death & burial are regulated by sharia & are linked to the redemption of the soul. The body ...
Taj Mahal : speaking with mute eloquence
Shah Jahan’s court chronicler, Abdul Hamid Lahauri has written, “Verily our monuments will tell of us – long speak with ...
Taj Mahal : speaking with mute eloquence
Shah Jahan’s court chronicler, Abdul Hamid Lahauri has written, “Verily our monuments will tell of us – long speak with ...
Second temporary burial of Mumtaz Mahal in Agra
What very few people know is that after being brought from Burhanpur in Dec 1631, Mumtaz Mahal was buried in ...
A walk through the Taj Mahal
Let's walk through the Taj Mahal today.I will take you on a pictorial tour. A huge Darwaza surrounded by a ...
The battle of Pollilur
A few weeks ago the painting of this battle made news as it was sold in a London auction house. ...
Mausoleum of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan in Srirangapatna
Here rests in peace the Tiger of Mysore son of Hyder Ali Dakhini Duval ( riyasat) e Karnataka and Fatima.Sultan ...
History of writing, books and printing press on #worldbookday
#worldbookday Clay tablets used in Mesopotamia in 3BC. The calamus, triangle shaped instrument was used to make characters in moist ...
Rani ki Baori in Bundi
There are very few monuments acknowledged by name as having been built by women especially those of public utility.Chandni Chowk ...
Hirman Khairabadi
KHalq mein tera ham-jamal kahanDhunDhiye surat-e-misal kahan(Hirma'n Khairabadi) We all know about the great freedom fighter Allama Fazl-e Haq Khairabadi ...
Hirman Khairabadi
KHalq mein tera ham-jamal kahanDhunDhiye surat-e-misal kahan(Hirma'n Khairabadi) We all know about the great freedom fighter Allama Fazl-e Haq Khairabadi ...
Hirman Khairabadi
KHalq mein tera ham-jamal kahanDhunDhiye surat-e-misal kahan(Hirma'n Khairabadi) We all know about the great freedom fighter Allama Fazl-e Haq Khairabadi ...
Hirman Khairabadi
KHalq mein tera ham-jamal kahanDhunDhiye surat-e-misal kahan(Hirma'n Khairabadi) We all know about the great freedom fighter Allama Fazl-e Haq Khairabadi ...
Sunheri Kothi in Tonk
Nawab Mohammed Ibrahim Ali Khan (1867-1930), the Nawab of Tonk, built a sunehri Kothi for poetry recitals, dance and music ...
Paan ka jhoomar
You have heard of jhoomar which are put on our foreheads.Here's my pan ka jhoomar. ( Pan ki)Giloris were threaded ...
Nayika in the Chitrashala at Bundi Fort
A classical nayika ( heroine) pose is the enchanting one where she has stepped out of her bath and her ...
Samode Palace near Jaipur
Samode is a thikana of the Nathawat clan of the Kachwaha Rajputs of Rajasthan with the head holding the title ...
Delhi’s Two Red Forts
Since people get confused a post on the two Red Forts of Delhi : they are 26 km and 600 ...
Chillahgah of Baba Farid in Mehrauli, Delhi
In #Mehrauli is the chillahgah of Baba Farid near the #dargah of 14th century Sufi saint #AshiqAllah.This adjoins an old ...
The tomb of Haji Rozbih, one of the first Sufi saints to enter Delhi
SufiThursdays The tomb of Haji Rozbih, one of the first Sufi saints to enter Delhi, is near the Fateh Burj ...
Char Bangla Temple, Azimganj, West Bengal
Rani of Natore, Rani Bhawani was one of those rare women zamindars who not only weilded power but weilded it ...
Siri the second city of Delhi
Har shaam yahan, shaam e veera’n aseb zada raste galiya’nJis shahr ki dhun mein nikle thay who shahr dil e ...
This edict establishes the identity of Jahangir ‘s mother as Maryam uz Zamani
EDICTS FROM THE MUGHAL HAREMByS. A. I. TIRMIZI, Director of National Archives, published in 1979, showcases an edict by Marriyam ...
Dargah of Sheikh Kabiruddin Auliya, Lal Gumbad, Selhi
SufiThursdays I would like to take you to a monument that's no longer a dargah though a Chishti Sufi saint ...
Come, explore and fall in love the Beauties of Delhi (Dilli ki Ranaiya’n) and the World with me, Rana Safvi
I have a masters in medieval history from the prestigious Centre for Advanced Studies, Dept. of History, AMU. A firm believer in our Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb, I am passionate about gaining and sharing knowledge and these days I am doing it via the social media platform.