Shalimar Bagh in Delhi – 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 Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:52:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg Shalimar Bagh in Delhi – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Shalimar Bagh in Delhi https://ranasafvi.com/shalimar-bagh-in-delhi/ Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:52:29 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=11075 Finally managed to visit Shalimar Bagh in Delhi

Built by Akbarabadi Begum, Shah Jahan’s wife.

Aurangzeb held his coronation here as the auspicious time taken out didn’t give him time to reach Qila e Mubarak.

Used as a summerhouse by the British.

Now a public park

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