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shahr-e-lahore se kuchh duur nahīñ hai dehlī ek sarhad hai kisī vaqt bhī miT saktī hai- unknown Narrative The partition of the country in 1947 changed the entire landscape of Delhi. Large parts of Delhi came into existence from the refugee camps that grew up during...

Narrative Jantar Mantar was built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II of Jaipur in the year 1724 C.E. He built his astronomical observatories at five cities, first in Delhi and then in Jaipur, Ujjain, Benaras and Mathura. The Delhi observatory is named as Jantar Mantar,...

vo taḳht-e-jāñ thā jahāñ terī tāj-poshī kī so kis jigar se tujhe dekh luuñ utarte hue -Seemab Zafar Narrative Today, the area of Shalimar Bagh corresponds to a large neighbourhood in west Delhi. However, the ‘district park’ of Shalimar Bagh, in reality, is a 17th...

Narrative Kalkaji temple, dedicated to goddess kali, is located opposite Nehru Place, near Okhla railway station. The shrine is also known as ‘Jayanti Peetha’ or ‘Manokamna Siddha Peetha’ which literally means “the shrine where all desires get fulfilled”. As per the...

qisse se tire merī kahānī se ziyāda paanī meñ hai kyā aur bhī paanī se ziyāda - Abrar Ahmad Narrative Among the most haunted places in Delhi, this water tank is believed to have been built by the legendary raja Ugrasen of Agroha, in the Mahabharata times. Legends also...