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  2. History of Delhi - Wikipedia

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    Delhi has been an important political centre of India as the capital of several empires. [1] The recorded history of Delhi begins with the 8th century Tomar Rajput dynasty. [2] [3] It is considered to be a city built, destroyed and rebuilt several times, as outsiders who successfully invaded the Indian subcontinent would ransack the existing capital city in Delhi, and those who came to conquer ...

  3. Ghalib - Wikipedia

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    A large part of Ghalib's poetry focuses on the Naʽat, poems in praise of Muhammad, which indicates that Ghalib was a devout Muslim. [38] Ghalib wrote his Abr-i gauharbar (Urdu: ابر گہر بار, lit. 'The Jewel-carrying Cloud') as a Naʽat poem. [39] Ghalib also wrote a qasida of 101 verses in dedication to a Naʽat. [38]

  4. Amir Khusrau - Wikipedia

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    He is an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent. He was a mystic and a spiritual disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, India. He wrote poetry primarily in Persian, but also in Hindavi and Punjabi. A vocabulary in verse, the Ḳhāliq Bārī, containing Arabic, Persian and Hindavi terms is often attributed to him.

  5. Mir Taqi Mir - Wikipedia

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    Mir lived much of his life in Mughal Delhi. Kuchha Chelan, in Old Delhi was his address at that time. However, after Ahmad Shah Abdali's sack of Delhi each year starting 1748, he eventually moved to the court of Asaf-ud-Daulah in Lucknow, at the ruler's invitation. Distressed to witness the plundering of his beloved Delhi, he gave vent to his ...

  6. Old Delhi - Wikipedia

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    Old Delhi (Hindustani: Purāni Dillī) is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city and officially named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra . [ 1 ]

  7. Indian poetry - Wikipedia

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    Indian poetry and Indian literature in general, has a long history dating back to Vedic times. They were written in various Indian languages such as Vedic Sanskrit , Classical Sanskrit , Ancient Meitei , Modern Meitei , Telugu , Tamil , Odia , Maithili , Kannada , Bengali , Assamese , Hindi , Marathi and Urdu among other prominent languages.

  8. Indian poetry in English - Wikipedia

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    Indian English poetry is the oldest form of Indian English literature. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is considered the first poet in the lineage of Indian English poetry followed by Rabindranath Tagore , Sri Aurobindo , Sarojini Naidu , Michael Madhusudan Dutt , and Toru Dutt , among others.

  9. Rani Padmini - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. Indian queen (13-14th century C.E.) This article is about the Queen of Mewar. For the Indian actress, see Rani Padmini (actress). For the Malayalam film, see Rani Padmini (film). Rani Padmini Rani of Mewar An 18th-century painting of Padmini Spouse Ratan Sen Dynasty Guhila (by marriage ...