Silver fly whisk looted from Bahadur Shah's palace at the Red Fort, Delhi, 1857 Source: National Army Museum

"Aapka naam kya hai" I ask "Naam to oopar waale ka hai mujhe Wizarat Khan kahte hain" He's a rickshaw ...

‪aaKHir teri miTTi se mil jaane tak ‬ ‪kitne pal ‬ ‪kitni sadiyan hain ‬ ‪is sarhad se ‬ ‪us ...

‪KHwab manzil the ‬ ‪aur manzilen KHwab thin ‬ ‪raston se nikalte rahe raste ‬ ‪jaane kis waste ‬ ‪aarzu ...

‪#Darwaaze woh Dilli ke tareekh ke warqe thay ‬ ‪Jo darwaza chala aaya tareekh chali aayi‬ ‪(Mir tweaked by @mazdaki ...

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Hakeem Ahsanullah Khan ( who testified against the Emperor) and Mirza Ilahi Bux ( who betrayed him to Hodson) in ...

Near Nai Sarak in ShahJahanabad I came upon this charming Shri ChitrGupt Mandir with a mix of Urdu, Farsi and ...

In Jasola there still exists a Kos Minar the milestones by Mughals & Sher Shah

In the congested lain lane of Katra Neel, Delhi, towards the end is a faded board. It caught my eye ...

While researching Forgotten Cities of Delhi Details in the book: #tomb of #SyedMuradAliShah who died in 732 #hijri 1331 AD ...

OPINION A ‘Taj Mahal’ for a husband Rana Safvi 02 SEPTEMBER 2018 00:00 IST In Agra’s Roman Catholic Cemetery lies ...

‪OTD‬ 28th August ‪1667‬ ‪Mirza Raja Jai Singh I, commander of the Mughal army died in Burhanpur.‬ ‪His chatri was ...

The Red sandstone tomb of Colonel John William Hessing in the Roman Catholic cemetery in Agra He was Dutch adventurer, ...

We often pass by the place on the main Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, near Lado Sarai crossing without realizing there is a ...

At Dargah of Jalaluddin Chisty in Jahanpanah City Forest Jahanpanah

The worlds smallest mosque at 16 m is on top of the Fatehgarh fort walls in one of the bastions. ...

Sanchi, is famous in the world for stupa. It was discovered in a ruinous condition and restored by Cunningham This ...

A thousand ages in Thy sight Are but an evening gone Paleolithic, Mesolithic Age cave paintings in Bhimbetka Never felt ...

by Anirudh Deshpande (anirudh62@gmail.com) teaches at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Delhi University. Dastan-e-Ghadar: The Tale of the Mutiny by ...

Hoshang Shah's tomb in Mandu is India's first completely marble tomb. Said to be inspiration for the Taj Mahal # ...

Remembering Maulana Hasrat Mohani: A Celebration Of The Diverse And Secular Culture Of India His poetry reflected his passionate love ...

Opinion What Indian Muslims Did and are Doing to ‘Set India Free’ By Rana Safvi August 15, 2018 at 07:41 ...

Dargah of Sheikh Abu Bakr Tusi Qalandari urf Matka Shah. Alauddin khilji sent poison in a matka via young girl ...

Janab Bashir Ahmed Nizami has been leading prayers for 70 years in the Khairul Manazil mosque. Says now he's so ...

Finally managed to visit Shalimar Bagh in Delhi Built by Akbarabadi Begum, Shah Jahan's wife. Aurangzeb held his coronation here ...

Any struggle across the world for freedom or rights reverberates with “We shall overcome”. It was the unofficial anthem of ...

A series of tweets on Taj Mahal : "A dome of high foundation & a building of great magnificence was ...

Neelkanth temple in Mandu is a very popular place of worship for Shiva devotees. There are inscriptions all over it ...