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The Tomb of Adham Khan
Delhi, the capital of India is known for its vibrancy, culture, and illustrious past. Delhi is built up of 8 cities, with the first one...

Arya Sethi
Sep 18, 20202 min read
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Condition of the Mughal Family, Court, and Emperors in the Early-19th Century
As the later Mughals ascended on the throne and got coronated as emperors, the was a massive decline in the atmosphere of the court, as...

Arya Sethi
Sep 9, 20203 min read
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Shaikh Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq: The Mentor of Bahadur Shah Zafar and his Rivalry with Mirza Ghalib
Shaikh Mohammad Ibrahim was born in a low-income household in Delhi, in 1789. He came from a family with obscure backgrounds and was the...

Arya Sethi
Sep 5, 20204 min read
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Sharifuddin Mirza’s attempts to kill Akbar and Jahangir
Sharifuddin Husain Mirza was the brother in law of Akbar, married to his elder sister, Bakshi Bano, who was the daughter of Humayun and...

Arya Sethi
Aug 28, 20204 min read
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The Most Auspicious of Houses: Khair-ul-Manazil Masjid in Shergarh
Situated just opposite to the Purana Qila, and adjacent to the Sher Shah Suri gate is the lesser-known Khair-ul Manzil Masjid, also known...

Arya Sethi
Aug 27, 20203 min read
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Reconstructing Buddhist Art in relation to Iconography and Architecture with special reference to Ma
In the recent times, a huge controversy has sparked up regarding the chronology of sculptures and sandstone pillars. This controversy has...

Arya Sethi
Aug 17, 20204 min read
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Dwelling Delhi: A History from Harappa to The Sultanate (Insaniyat Excerpts)
Mohammad Bin Tughlaq died in 1351, handing over the empire to his cousin brother Feroz Shah Tughlaq, who had no plans of controlling the...

Arya Sethi
Aug 14, 20202 min read
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A TIMELINE OF PUNJAB POLITICS AND THE DIVIDE (1857-1930)
On 14th and 15th August, as the British left India handing it over to the Indian elitists and capitalists, India also underwent partition...

Arya Sethi
Aug 12, 20208 min read
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NADIR SHAH AND THE MUGHAL EMPIRE (Insaniyat Excerpts)
Since Nader’s inception of the throne, he had a desire for the riches of the Mughal Empire as it was famous for the antiquities developed...

Arya Sethi
Aug 10, 20202 min read
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BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR’S LAST DAY AS THE MUGHAL EMPEROR
On 20th September 1857, the British consolidated their control over Delhi and it was the end for many sepoys that were fighting the...

Arya Sethi
Jul 31, 20204 min read
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CHOTA IMAMBARA: THE NAWABI PALACE OF LIGHTS
The city of Lucknow is home to monuments and architectural wonders that maintain their magnificence while telling tails of the glorious...

Arya Sethi
Jul 29, 20203 min read
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AN ODE TO SAADAT HASAN MANTO
In these times of CAA and NRC, these times of fascism, separation, fear, Islamophobia and most importantly conjugal love that lives in...

Arya Sethi
Jul 28, 20204 min read
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REMEMBERING HAMIDA BANU BEGUM
A woman who held immense political power, someone who held herself through all the grief, survived the clutches of conquerors, someone...

Arya Sethi
Jul 24, 20203 min read
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MUHAMMAD BIN TUGHLAQ’S NAI-KA-KOT
After the death of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq in 1325, the throne of Delhi was taken over by his son; Jaunah Khan who allegedly set a conspiracy...

Arya Sethi
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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STUDYING HAZRAT AMIR KHUSRAU DEHLAVI
Hazrat Amir Khusrau lived from 1253 to 1325 CE which made him live through the period of 11 different Sultans of the Delhi Sultanate,...

Arya Sethi
Jul 19, 20206 min read
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LIFE IN THE RED FORT DURING MUGHAL ERA
Built-in the 7th century, the Red Fort is credited as one of the most marvelous creations of the Mughals. Commissioned by Mughal emperor...

Arya Sethi
Jul 15, 20203 min read
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THE LOST CAPITAL: PANDUA
The Malda district in North West Bengal, which has been a pilgrimage site for years, has today lost its importance in the books of...

Arya Sethi
Jul 14, 20202 min read
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SPACES AND MARKETS AROUND THE JAMA MASJID
The Jama Masjid was completed in 1656, which was 16 years after the formal inauguration of the city of Shahjahanabad. The Jama Masjid,...

Arya Sethi
Jul 7, 20203 min read
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TUGHLAQABAD AND THE CITIES OF DELHI
After Iltutmish’s Mehrauli, Allaudin Khilji’s Siri, Tughlaqabad became the third city of Delhi built by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. Delhi is...

Arya Sethi
Jul 6, 20203 min read
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JAUNPUR AND THE SHARQIS
Jaunpur, a township of about 100kn away from Allahabad is home to magnificent palaces and mosques that can take anyone’s breathe away....

Arya Sethi
Jun 30, 20202 min read
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