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Street Plan Chandni Chowk, Shahjahanabad

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O403665/five-plans-of-delhi-drawing-unknown/

Street Plan Chandni Chowk,

Fatehpuri Mosque to Lahore Gate, Red Fort, Delhi,

four sections, going West to East,

in each West is to the right & South above

Delhi, c.1774

(see reply to this for street names in English)

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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Via Jamal Jafri

Marked below (Northside of Chandni Chowk)

Katra Neel

Bāgh Begum

Kucha Pinto

Chabutara Chaudhary Bāzār

Kucha Gilah

Tir Pulia

Darwāzā Bāgh Bārahdari

Kucha Jivan Dās

Kucha Lal Bihara

Kucha Sāhookār

Kucha Haveli Tāj Muhammad

Marked in the middle:

Hauz Chandni Chowk

Kucha = Street

Haveli = Mansion

Hammām = Turkish Baths

Chabutara = Platform

Kotwāli = Main Police Station

Katra = Market serving a fort

Bāgh = Orchard, Garden

Hauz = Tank

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