RETRO INDIAN HISTORY

लाला चुन्नमल की ऐतिहासिक  हवेली ...!!! लाला चुन्नामल की हवेली दिल्ली के पुरानी दिल्ली इलाके में एक दुर्लभ हवेली है जो बहुत अच्छी तरह से संरक्षित अवस्था में है।   गौर करें तो 1850 के दशक के मध्य में लाला चुन्नामल #चांदनी #चौक, #पुरानी #दिल्ली में रहने वाले एक बहुत ही धनी व्यापारी थे। उनका परिवार पंजाबी व्यापारियों की खत्री जाति से ताल्लुक रखता था।  1857 के भारतीय #विद्रोह के दौरान, लाला चुन्नामल दिल्ली के सबसे धनी व्यक्तियों में से एक बनकर उभरे। उन्होंने बड़ी होशियारी से ये भांप लिया कि हवा किस तरफ चल रही है और अंग्रेजों को सामान सप्लाई करके खूब पैसा कमाया।   दिलचस्प बात ये है कि उन्होंने खुद बादशाह बहादुर शाह जफर की ऋण के लिए की गई मांग को भी ठुकरा दिया था।   बादशाह को मना करने के बाद, वह शहर से रातोंरात निकल गए, इससे पहले उन्होंने अपनी अधिकांश संपत्ति को गुप्त रूप से शहर से बाहर भेज दिया था। शत्रुता  समाप्त होने के बाद, अंग्रेजों ने दिल्ली शहर से सभी मुसलमानों को निर्वासित (जबरन हटाने) का आदेश दिया।  हालांकि, लाला चुनमल ने एक ऐसा काम भी...

  150-year-old Kalyan Das temple at Rawalpindi pakistan WRITTEN BY  Ved Kumar  | Updated: Feb 18,2024, 08:26 AM IST The temple named after a generous resident of Rawalpindi, Kalyan Das is crumbling due to the utter negligence of Auqaf department. RAWALPINDI: In the middle of Rawalpindi’s Kohati Bazaar, one can see the dome of a temple which is almost hidden by the high walls of a school for visually-impaired children. Here stands one of the stunning and historical landmarks of the city: Kalyan Das temple. Internal wall art at kalyan das temple  The 150-year-old temple is in a state of utter neglect due to lack of maintenance. The temple was named after a generous resident of Rawalpindi, Kalyan Das, who laid its foundation stone in the 1850s, and as confirmed by the board, which said it was completed in 1880. Like many other temples of the city, during the partition, the Kalyan Das temple was also left abandoned as the Hindu population left the city. Today this magnif...

  Persian inscription of Nawab found on 'shivling'-like stone in Telangana WRITTEN BY  Ved Kumar  | Updated: Feb 17,2024, 08:26 AM IST The Archaeological Survey of India discovered a Persian inscription, engraved on stone, in a forest along the route to the Mallikarjuna temple of Srisailam in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district. The inscription belongs to Nawab Mukarram ud Daula Bahadur, the 8th Nawab of Hyderabad In Short Persian inscription found on way to Mallikarjuna temple in Telangana Engraved in Nastaliq calligraphy on Shivlinga-like rock Belongs to 8th Nawab, Mukarram ud Daula Bahadur of Hyderabad A Persian inscription, engraved on stone, was found in a forest on the way to the Mallikarjuna temple of Srisailam in Telangana's Nagarkurnool district, officials of the Archaeological Survey of India said. This Persian inscription in Nastaliq calligraphy style is engraved on a rock, which appears to resemble a  shivling . The inscription belongs to Nawab Mukarram ud ...

In This MP Village, Archaeologists Dig For The Oldest Temple In India WRITTEN BY  Ved Kumar  | Updated: Feb 16,2024, 08:26 AM IST The dig sites are in Nachne village, merely 30 metres from another archaeological wonder — a Gupta-era Parvati temple — and close to Chaumukhi temple, built by the Kalachuri Dynasty (6th-7th centuries CE). It’s a site rich in history and less than 100 km from Khajuraho. “We are carrying out this excavation with the objective of finding the oldest temple in India,” ASI superintending archaeologist (Jabalpur circle) Shiva Kant Bajpayee BHOPAL: In a small village just 500m off the highway to Katni, in Madhya Pradesh, a group of archaeologists brushes off centuries of earth from layers of bricks being uncovered from under two mounds. They hope that what lies beneath is the oldest temple in India. The dig sites are in Nachne village, merely 30 metres from another archaeological wonder — a Gupta-era Parvati temple — and close to Chaumukhi temple, built by...

  The Maharaja of Indore Tukojirao Holkar II at the Delhi Darbar of 1877. WRITTEN BY  Ved Kumar  | Updated: Jan 28,2024, 08:26 AM IST Tukojirao Holkar II Tukojirao Holkar II (3 May 1835 - 17 June 1886) was the Maharaja of Indore belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas. His birth name was Shrimant Yukaji Jaswant Holkar. He was the son of Sardar Shrimant Santoji Rao Holkar, from the collateral branch of the Holkar dynasty. Maharaja of Indore Tukojirao Holkar III - 1913. Tukojirao Holkar III - 1913. Powered by Webercraft Technologies

 Beautiful Hindu Temples inside area of Sant Nenu Ram Ashram at Islamkot town of Tharparkar Desert of Sindh. WRITTEN BY  Ved Kumar  | Updated: Jan 27,2024, 08:26 AM IST The Sant Neenu Ram was born in 1898 in the Islamkot. He was very inspired by the teachings of Hindu saint Poorun Bharti whose shrine is 7 km away from Islamkot. He spent years at that shrine and then came back to his Islamkot to spread the teachings of Pooran Bharti and built the ashram. He built a community kitchen in ashram to serve food for everyone irrespective of their caste and religion. To feed the visitors to the ashram, he used to go from house to house to collect food.  Sant Nenuram Ashram is an Ashram located in Islamkot city in the Tharparkar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan  It is one of the most revered temples of the Hindu community in Pakistan.  The Sant Nenuram Mela- three day festival commemorating the death anniversary of Sant Nenuram is visited by a large number...