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Monuments near Old Fort, New Delhi
KHAIR-UL-MANAZIL Khair-ul-Manazil is located just opposite to Old Fort. Khair-ul-Manazil means the best of houses. It was built by Maham Anga, who was the wet nurse of Mughal emperor Akbar. Maham Anga is also referred as Akbar’s foster mother, as his own mother Hamida Banu Begum was mostly away with his father Humayun in exile. [...]
kjohri | Dec 07, 2009 | Comments 0
Old Fort, New Delhi
After going through the hurly-burly of New Delhi’s busy roads, one longs for spending some time in a quiet and serene place. What does one do in such a situation? Head for a place out of Delhi for a change? Not quite. For there are places in Delhi, where once you enter, you will forget [...]
kjohri | Oct 10, 2009 | Comments 0
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