Hauz Khas Village in Hauz Khas, South Dilli is an ultramodern village with interesting medieval history which dates back to the 13th century of Dilli Sultanate reign. It was part of Siri, the second medieval city of India of the Dilli Sultanate of Allauddin Khilji Dynasty (1296–1316). The name Hauz Khas in Urdu language is derived from the words ‘Hauz’ which means “water tank” … [Read more...]
Lutyens Delhi
India Gate and Rajpath Among some of the very important pieces of the Lutyens Delhi is the Rajpath which means the King’s Way, starts from the Vijay Chowk and is a straight road which runs up to the India Gate and beyond that. India Gate is a war memorial raised in the honor of the Indian soldiers who died during the Afghan wars and the World War I. The names of the soldiers … [Read more...]
Dilli’s History
Saddi dilli as we like to call it today with love has a very long and deep rooted history which dates back to the Mahabharata times. Saddi dilli is considered to be over 5000 years old and it embeds the history of several empires into itself. We would however like throw some light only on the past 1500 years or so and please allow us to safely assume that this should suffice. … [Read more...]
