Post Uprising of 1857 , after the British forces gained control of Delhi, the city was ravaged and looted. Notables of the walled city were either killed or escaped to safety.
Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali recited this marsiya ~Marsiya-e-Dehli-e-Marhum: Lament for Delhi
in a mushaira in Lahore in 1874
Marsiya e Dehli e Marhum
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