PUBLISHED BY ( LAL CHAND & SONS,DARIBA KALAN,DELHI)
IN MY COLLECTION
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| INTERIOR VIEW OF THE DIWAN-I-KHAS FORT,DELHI, WHERE THE INSRIPTION IS WRITTEN ON THE WALLS, IF THERE IS HEAVEN UPON EARTH,HERE IT IS. |
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| THE INTERIOR OD DELHI OR ELEPHANT GATE,BUILT BY SHAHJAHAN IN 1638.BOTH THE ELEPHANTS ARE ERECTED NOW, AND REMIND THE ONES WITH STATUES OF THE GREAT RAJPOOT WARRIORS JAIMAL AND FATTA. |
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| THA HAUS KHAS DELHI(INDIA). THIS GREAT TANK EXTENDED 10 ACRES IN AREA AND WAS BUILT IN 1245 A.D. BY KING ALAUDDIN KHILJI. HERE IS THE TOMB OF FEROZ SHAH TUGHLAK BUILT IN 1389 A.D. BY NASIRUDDIN TUGHLAK. INSIDE THE TOMB ARE BURRIED NASIRUDDIN MOHAMMAD SHAH,SON OF FEROZ SHAH AND SIKANDER LODHI,SON OF NASIRUDDIN. |
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| BACK VIEW OF JAMA MASJID SHOWING CHAWRI BAZAR UP TO CHHATTA SHAHJI,DELHI. |
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| RANG MAHAL IN FORT DELHI. IN THE CENTRE OF THIS GRACEFUL HALL IS A GIGANTIC ROSE,THROUGH A FOUNTAIN PIPE ROSE WATER WAS EMITTED PURIFYING THE AIR. |
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| JAMA MASJID DELHI,ROYAL GATE FACING THE FORT, THE FINEST MOSQUE OF INDIA BUILT BY SHAHJAHAN IN 14 YEARS BY THE AID OF 5000 WORKERS COMPLETED IN 1658. |
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| AN ANGULAR VIEW OF THE ROOF AND MAGNIFICIENT MARBLE PILLARS OF THE DIWAN KHAS FORT DELHI. |
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| TOMB OF SHAMS UDDIN ALTAMASH,DELHI, COMPLETED BY RAZIA BEGAM HIS DAUGHTER 1215 A.D. THE CARVINGS ON IT ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL. |
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| FATEH GARH OR MUTINY MEMORIAL DELHI. ERECTED BY THE BRITISH IN MEMORY OF THE FAMOUS MUTINY OF 1857 A.D. |
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| BACK SIDE |
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| THE FAMOUS SCALE OF JUSTICE FORT DELHI. BUILT BY SHAHJAHAN AT A COST OF 50 LAKHS IT IS WRITTEN ON THE ROOF OF THIS HALL THAT FAMOUS INSCRIPTION , "IF THERE IS HEAVEN ON THE EARTH,IT IS THIS,IT IS THIS,IT IS THIS. |
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| A GENERAL VIEW OF FAMOUS DELHI FORT. BUILT BY EMPEROR SHAHJAHAN IN 10 YEARS, COMPLETED IN 1684 |
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| JANTAR MANTAR OR OBSERVATORY,DELHI FOUNDED BY MAHARAJA JAISINGH OF JAIPORE. THIS HAS NOW BEEN TURNED INTO A GRACEFUL PARK FOR NEW DELHI PEOPLE. |
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| QUTUB MINAR DELHI COMMENCED BY RAI PITHORA IN 1143,FOR DAUGHTER SURAY MUKHI, THE OTHER STORIES WERE BUILT BY QUTUBUDDIN AND HIS SON SHAMS UDDIN IN 1220 A.D. HEIGHT 238 FEET,THIS IS THE HIGHEST PILLAR IN INDIA. |
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| THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY HIS MAJESTY IN 1911 AND COMPLETED IN 1929-30 AT A COST OF 1 3/4 CRORE RUPEES.IT HAS 2 MAIN BLOCKS. |
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| VICEROYS HOUSE NEW DELHI, COMPLETED IN 1931 AFTER 20 YEARS. WORK DONE BY EDWIN LUTYEN AND BAKER AT A COST OF 1 1/4 CRORES. |
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| OLD FORT DELHI, FOUNDED BY PANDWAS IN 1450 B.C. CONTAINING THE FAMOUS MOSQUE BUILT BY SHERSHAH,REPAIRED BY HUMAYUN WHO ALSO DIED HERE. |
