Archive for September, 2010
Saint John Church
Saint John Church : This church was built in 1847. Also known as the "Afghan Church". Clashes in the province of Sind in 1838 and 1843 to commemorate soldiers who died in the First Afghan War was made. Architectural style is Victorian period.
Note : church picture is not real. Added as a...
National Museum of India
National Museum of India : Many works of Indian history can be seen in National Museum in Janpath. Here, many works from historical ruins belonging to Maurya period extending until 2nd and 3rd centuries BC to handicrafts of Vijayanagar region in India and local clothing of various tribes are...
Divan-i Aam
Divan-i Aam : This place the name of which means “Resting Hall of People” Emperor used to listed complains and suggestions of people. The walls of this hall had been covered with marble and throne of the kind has decorated with precious stones, but it has been robbed during the civil war....
Lahore Gate
Lahore Gate : Main entrance gate of Red Fort. Whereas the shops immediately at the entrance were a place, which is called Mine Bazaar and where people shopped, today it is a touristic place. Just behind the door there is a large hall called “Naubat Khana (Duty Place) where musicians sit...
Red Fort ( Lal Quila )
Red Fort : This fort takes its name from the color of the stones used for building the fort (Lal Quila in Indian – Lal = red, Qila = Fort). It was built by Mogul Emperor Cihan Shah in 1648. Even though Cihan Shah built this fort and the fort bears his name (Sahcihanabat), he chose Agra as...
Old Delhi
Old Delhi: Walls of 7th Delhi named Cihan Shah lie as ruins from the west of Red Fort. Kashmiri Gate at the north of this wall, bears traces of hopeless struggle of the British. Sabzi Mandi at the west of this gate had been built (by the British) in memory of the British soldiers died in the...
