Bara hindu Rao – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Thu, 20 May 2021 13:39:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg Bara hindu Rao – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 William Fraser’s kothi on the Delhi Ridge https://ranasafvi.com/william-frasers-kothi-on-the-delhi-ridge/ https://ranasafvi.com/william-frasers-kothi-on-the-delhi-ridge/#respond Thu, 20 May 2021 13:39:47 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/william-frasers-kothi-on-the-delhi-ridge/ Many years ago when I read Mirror of Beauty by Prof Shamsur Rahman Faruqi , I went exploring the kothi built by William Fraser and later bought by Hindu Rao.
Currently it’s the Bara Hindu Rao hospital.
Only a very small part of the original kothi survived in 2013. I don’t know if it still does.
And if one reads the description in Mirror of Beauty of the Mushaira held there and the kothi then it’s heart break.

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