Delhi-Old Delhi 'Shahjahanabad'

21/04/2021

This young man Muhammad Imran Chaudhary is from Shahjahanabad offering oxygen filling free of cost at Turkman Gate there to counter shortage of oxygen in the present pandemic times

22/10/2020

09/11/2019

Turkman gate ke mohall qabrustan main waqe 13 vin sadi ke ek buzrg shumsul arfeen urf shah bayabani ki dargah.isey 1240 main razia sultan ke bhai muizuddin behram ney tameer karaya tha.SOhorwardi silsile ke inn buzrg se razia sultan bhi bahut aaeedat rakhti thee.dargah se muttazil ek masjid bhi hai.40.50 saal tak iska darwaza bhi baqi tha jau mughL daur main tameer kiya gaya aur shahjahani darwaza kehlata tha.dheere dheere yahan qabze hote gaye aur darwaz khatm ho gaya.uss daur main dilli ka yeh ilaqa ek chota sa dehT tha. Yahan hari bhari pahadiyan theen.Source- Taha Naseem on facebook

03/11/2019

Yeh Na Thi Hamari Qismat Ke Vishal e Yaar Hota Lyrics Mirza Assadullah Khan Ghalib 27-12-1797 to 15-02-1869 Singer Jagjit Singh HiteshGhazal 9979099750 www.f...

25/08/2017

INSIDE SHAHJAHANABAD

06/03/2016

09/12/2015

The Bank of Delhi, that was destroyed during sepoy mutiny of 1857!!
It's no more now...
Wish it existed & all Delhiites (Dilliwalas) had their accounts in it!! :-(

Photo Courtesy,
From: Illustrated Times Of London..

18/10/2015

Ghaffar nahari wala: yahan aaj bhi log dastarkhaan par beth k nahari khatey he.

Location: Sui walan, chitli qabar chowk.
Timing: 6 p.m onwards

09/07/2015

Remains of the past. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] Never judge a fort by its ramparts. The only grand part of the Mughal-era Red Fort palace complex is…

09/07/2015

The charming Haji Hotel is a starting point for exploring the area’s other similarly eclectic lodges

07/07/2015

http://www.thedelhiwalla.com/2015/02/09/city-walk-galli-chooriwallan-near-chawri-bazaar/

It's a dream. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] There is an extraordinary street in Old Delhi. Its entrance offers a most dream-like prospect. You must step into Galli…

25/05/2015

From Himalyan National Park to Ajanta Caves

26/03/2015

Abul Muzaffar Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb, (14 October 1618 – 3 March 1707) commonly known as Aurangzeb Alamgir and by his imperial title Alamgir ("world-seizer or universe-seizer") was the sixth Mughal Emperor and ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent. His reign lasted for 49 years from 165…

26/03/2015

Shahjahanabad, the 7th city of Delhi built by the was the culmination of a long-cherished dream of Emperor Shahjahan to create the world’s best city in India. His reign saw the greatest advancements in Mughal Architecture and the creation of the new Mughal Imperial Capital of bhaarat on the banks of the River Yamuna alongwith the royal palace and fort, -e-Mubarak better known as Lal Qilla or the Red Fort took almost 15 years. As the city of Shahjahanabad with its grand markets, havelis, palaces, gardens, streets and avenues began flourishing, it was the grandeur of Lal Qila which sparkled as the proverbial ‘jewel’ in the ‘crown’ of the city of

26/03/2015

Sketch of 17th century Chandni Chowk (Moonlit Square) at Shahjahanabad,Delhi when Nahr-e-Bahist (Stream of Paradise) ran in its center and not buried/vandalised by the British during their rule which commenced since 1857.

14/03/2015

I invite my esteemed friend Asaduddin Oweisi to this page rest assured he will focus attention of the Parliament on the step motherly treatment continuing to this cherished city since it became the Centre of the First War of National Independence in 1857.

05/03/2015

Fate of Bahadur Shah Zafar, part 4 death:

King of India Bahadur Shah Zafar lived life of a destitute during his exile. King was given two room modest house in Burma. Poet King deprived of paper and pen used half burned wooden stick as a pen and wall as a paper to write his poems. He spent almost four years away from his homeland preparing a new journey of eternal life.

Bahadur shah zafar died on Friday 7th November 1862 at 5 a.m. at the age of 87.

[News of Zafar’s death reached Delhi a fortnight later on 20 November. Ghalib read the news in the Avadh Akhbar, the same day that it was announced that the Jama Masjid was finally going to be given back to the Muslims of Delhi. Already numbed by the news of so many other deaths and tragedies, Ghalib’s reaction was resigned and muted; ‘On Friday the 7th November, and the 14th Jamadu ul Awwal, Abu Zafar Siraj ud Din Bahadur Shah was freed from the bonds of the foreigner and the bonds of the flesh. “Verily we are for God, and verily to him we shall return”.]

The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple pp 475

Below is an old (1858) photograph of Jama Masjid from the north side (Urdu Bazar). Mosque was occupied by British Sikh regiments for 5 years.

12/10/2014

Takht-e-Taoos or Peacock Throne which was seat of in Diwan-I-khas at Red Fort,Delhi used from the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan till it was taken away by Nadir Shah of Persia on his invasion in 1739 during the reign of Emperor Muhammad Shah.

21/09/2014

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshay_Kumar.He was raised in this city before going to Bollywood.

Akshay Kumar (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia[1] on 9 September 1967)[1] is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. He has been nominated for Filmfare Awards several times, winning it two times. He has appeared in over 125 films.[2] When he began h…

30/08/2014

30/08/2014

02/08/2014

Tram in Chandni Chowk.No more.

01/08/2014

THE TIMES OF SHAHAJAHANABAD

01/08/2014

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01/08/2014

The famous haveli at Gali Qasim jan at Ballimaran, whose resident at one point was the epitome of Urdu poetry, is one of the many mute witnesses of the Mughal tehzeeb. Like with many, Delhi have ma...

30/07/2014

A prominent respectable old resident of the area in 1953 at his house with his wife & two daughters.He was legislator and lawyer.

30/07/2014

Mr. Asaduddin Owaisi,MP in Lok Sabha (lower house of the Pariament of India) today,on my suggestion, during Delhi Budget demand for restoration of heritage of Old Delhi i.e. Shahjahanabad.