Chandni Chowk From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia |[pic] |This article may require copy editing for grammar‚ style‚ cohesion‚ tone‚ or spelling.You can assist| | |by editing it. (April 2013) | Coordinates: [pic]28.656°N 77.231°E [pic] [pic] Chandni Chowk‚ Delhi‚ 1858. Chandni Chowk (चांदनी चौक)(Urdu: چاندنی چوک)‚ originally meaning moonlit square or market‚ is one of the oldest and busiest markets
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numbers of people gathered under the banyan tree at Ramna Park where Chhayanat artists opened the day with Rabindranath Tagore’s famous song‚ Esho‚ he Boishakh‚ Esho Esho. A similar ceremony welcoming the New Year was also held at the Institute of Fine Arts‚ University of Dhaka. Students and teachers of the institute took out a colourful procession and paraded round the campus. I felt happy joining the parade. At
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We now look into two different instances during Akbar’s reign which have been recorded by both Abul Fazl and Badayuni in their accounts‚ and attempt to compare their attitudes through the same. The two instances are birbal’s death‚ and the mahzar of 1579. While both Fazl and Badayuni agree in their reporting of birbal’s death... their account gives an interesting psychological insight. There seems to be a discrepancy concerning the mahzar‚ which we will see in the coming slides. Mahesh das‚ commonly
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The Red Fort‚ Delhi The Red Fort‚ with a circumference of over 2.2 kilometers‚ was laid out by the banks of the Yamuna river in the 17th century. The Mughal emperor Shajahan built it with the ambition of concentrating the Mughal power in one monument. Monument is perhaps not the right word. A mini-city is more like it. Unfortunately for the emperor‚ before he could move his capital from Agra to Shahjahanabad in Delhi‚ he was taken a political prisoner by his son Aurangazeb. The fort is a delight
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opposing the heterodoxies prevalent in the time of Mughal Emperor Akbar.” Introduction: Shaikh Ahmed Sarhindi popularly known as Mujaddid Alif Sani was born in 1564. He was an Indian Islamic scholar from Punjab and a prominent member of the Naqshbandī Sufi order. He is described as Mujaddid Alf Sani‚ meaning the "reviver of the second millennium"‚ for his work in rejuvenating Islam and opposing the heterodoxies prevalent in the time of Mughal Emperor Akbar. This great reformer of Islam used all
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Mumtaz Mahal‚ the Taj is a befitting tribute to so romantic-a-love story and so divine an emotion that binds two souls forever. Mumtaz Mahal was a Muslim Persian Princess (her name‚ Arjumand Banu Begum before marriage) and Shah Jahan was the son of The Mughal Emperor Jehangir and grandson of Aktar The Great. He was at the age 14 that he met Mumtaz and fell in love with her. A visit to Taj Mahal‚ the mausoleum of Mumtaz‚ is a rare experience. It has become a signature monument of Indian architecture and
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In 1631‚ Shah Jahan‚ emperor during the Mughal empire’s period of greatest prosperity‚ was grief-stricken when his third wife‚ Mumtaz Mahal‚ died during the birth of their 14th child‚ Gauhara Begum.[13] Construction of the Taj Mahal began in 1632.[14] The court chronicles of Shah Jahan’s grief illustrate the love story traditionally held as an inspiration for Taj Mahal.[15][16] The principal mausoleum was completed in 1648 and the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later. Emperor
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Chand Bibi Chand Bibi also known as Chand Khatun or Chand Sultana was an Indian Muslim woman warrior. She acted as the Regent of Bijapur and Regent of Ahmednagar. Chand Bibi is best known for defending Ahmednagar against the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar. Chand Bibi was the daughter of Hussain Nizam Shah I of Ahmednagar‚ and the sister of Burhan-ul-Mulk‚ the Sultan of Ahmednagar. She knew many languages including Arabic‚ Persian‚ Turkish‚ Marathi and Kannada. She played sitar‚ and painting flowers
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Jahan Location : Agra (Uttar Pradesh) The Taj M ahal stands in the city of Agra in the northern Indian State of Uttar Pradesh‚ on the banks of Yamuna River. The Taj Mahal was built by Mughal Emperor‚ Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal‚ also known as Arjumand Bano Begum. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ruled from 1628 to 1658. He married Arjumand Bano Begum in 1612 A.D. He called his wife Mumtaz Mahal or Crown of the Palace‚ because she was very precious to him
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There are some parts of the world that once visited get into your heart and won’t let go. For me India is such a place when I first visited‚ I was stunned by the richness of the land by its lush beauty and exotic architecture by its ability to overload its senses with the pure‚ concentrated intensity of its colors‚ smells‚ tastes and souls. It was as if all my life I was seeing the world in black and white and when brought face-to-face with India‚ experienced every thing rendered in brilliant Technicolor
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