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Qila Kuhna Masjid inside Purana Qila The single-domed Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque , built by Sher Shah in 1541 is an excellent example of a pre-Mughal design and an early example of the extensive use of the pointed arch in the region as seen in its five doorways with the 'true' horseshoe-shaped arches.
At the main entrance of Humayun's Tomb, dingy stalls had been put up under a very corrupt system of municipal patronage known as tehbazari, and all sorts of heavy vehicles were allowed to be parked illegally in these open spaces. On the Nila Gumbad side was a huge citadel of India's vote bank politics – thousands of "slum dwellers" were kept ...
Three main gates on the north, south and west are part of the fortifications of the Purana Qila, the sixth city of Delhi, built by Sher Shah Suri (1538–45). Sher Shah Suri raised his citadel after demolishing Dinpanah, the city built by Humayun. The fortifications of the Qila extended to a boundary of (2 km (1.2 mi)) on an irregularly oblong ...
The Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque (Urdu: قلعہ کہنہ مسجد, lit. 'Mosque of the Old Fort'), also known as the Mosque of Sher Shah and the Kila Kohna Masjid, is an Hanafi Sunni, mosque located inside the Purana Qila (lit. ' Old Fort ') of Central Delhi, India. After Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun, he occupied Purana Qila. There, he built the ...
Ruins of Tughlaqabad Fort with Ghiyas-ud-din's tomb in the background, 1949. Ghazi Malik was a feudatory of the Khalji rulers of Delhi, India. The Khaliji dynasty is a Turco-Afghan [4] dynasty which ruled India.
Raj Ghat is a memorial complex in Delhi, India.The first memorial was dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi where a black marble platform was raised to mark the spot of his cremation on 31 January 1948 and consists of an eternal flame at one end.
Ben Stiller is explaining how reconnecting with wife Christine Taylor after a separation made them value their marriage more. The actors — who married in 2000 and share two kids, daughter Ella ...
Hanuman Temple is an ancient Hindu temple in Connaught Place, New Delhi, India, and is claimed to be one of the five temples from the days of the Mahabharata in Delhi.The other four temples are the Kalkaji, a Kali temple in South Delhi containing Swayambu (Sanskrit: "self manifest") rock Idol, the Yogmaya Temple near Qutub Minar, the Bhairav temple near the Purana Qila and the Nili Chatri ...