Delhi, Past and PresentThis Volume Contains An Excellent Account Of The History And Architecture Of Delhi. It Will Afford To Readers And Visitors Not Only A Clear Guide To All That Is To See In Delhi But Also An Intelligent Recod Of The History Of The Place In All Its Various Phases. |
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
CHAPTER II | 14 |
The Surroundings of the City chiefly on the North | 54 |
CHAPTER III | 75 |
by the Delhi troopsFlight of survivors to Meerut | 94 |
Narrative of the Siege and Assault of Delhi | 113 |
and Kashmir Bastions stormed and Kashmir Gate blown | 221 |
CHAPTER V | 249 |
CHAPTER VI | 293 |
LIST OF THE OBJECTS OF ARCHEOLOGICAL INTEREST IN | 317 |
ADDENDUM | 331 |
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1st Punjab Infantry 60th Rifles Adham Khan Agra Altamsh arches assault attack Aurangzeb Bazar beautiful Begampur Bengal European Fusiliers bridge Brigadier buildings built camp canal Captain Chandni Chauk Colonel column command corps court Dargah Darwazah Delhi Gate Diwan-i-Khas dome east Emperor enclosure enemy face feet fire Firoz Shah front garden gateway grave guns Hindu Rao's Hindu Rao's House horse artillery Humayun India insurgents Jahanpanah Jama Masjid Jumna Kashmir Bastion Kashmir Gate Khana killed king Kutab Kutab Minar Lahore Lahore Gate Lieutenant Ludlow Castle magazine Major marble Mausoleum Meerut Metcalfe miles Moghal Mori Bastion mosque Moti Masjid Muhammad mutineers Najafgarh Native Infantry Nicholson Nizam-ud-din officers Old Delhi palace pillar piquet Purana Kila red sandstone ridge road round ruins Sabzi Mandi Safdar Jang Sappers Sarai Shah Jahan Sher Shah Sir Theophilus Metcalfe Sirmoor Battalion Sultan tank tomb troops Tughlak Shah Tughlakabad village wall wounded yards