dilkhusha

dilkhusha

Narrative Another house that belonged to Sir Thomas Metcalfe, the fourth Baronet, is named Dilkhusha ‘Delight of the Heart’ and is located in Mehrauli. It is originally the tomb of Quli Khan, the brother of Adham Khan and foster brother of Emperor Akbar. The tomb is...
metcalfe’s house

metcalfe’s house

Narrative The Metcalfe’s House belonged to Sir Thomas Metcalfe, the Fourth Baronet and the British Resident at the court of Bahadur Shah Zafar. It is located near Civil Lines. In reality, the property where this house was built originally belonged to the gujars who...
ghalib ki haveli

ghalib ki haveli

Puchhte hain vo ki ghalib kaun hai Koi batlao ki hum batlaen kya – Mirza Ghalib Narrative Ghalib ki Haveli is located in Qasim Jan, Balimaran, Chandini Chowk. Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan or Mirza Ghalib, the 19 th century icon of urdu poetry, was a man of little...
phoolwalon ki Sair/ Sair-e- gulfaroshan

phoolwalon ki Sair/ Sair-e- gulfaroshan

abhī zinda hai maañ merī mujhe kuchh bhī nahīñ hogā maiñ ghar se jab nikaltā huuñ duā bhī saath chaltī hai- Munawwar Rana Narrative The origin of Phoolwalon ki Sair lies in an interesting story. The younger and favourite son of Akbar Shah II got into conflict with the...
gurudwara sis ganj sahib

gurudwara sis ganj sahib

Narrative Gurudwara Shish Ganj was built by Baghel Singh Dhaliwal in 1783 C.E. in the remembrance of the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru. He was the son of Guru Har Gobind but was raised to power after the death of Guru Har Kishan. According to...
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