VIVEK SHUKLA
The writer is a Delhi-based senior journalist and author of two books ‘Gandhi's Delhi: April 12, 1915-January 30, 1948 and Beyond’ and ‘Dilli Ka Pehla Pyar - Connaught Place’
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The mosque got its name from Sunehra village, on which the Sunehri masjid now stands; it was redeveloped by Hakim Ajmal Khan, a Congress President, in the early 1920s
[...]Mirza Ghalib’s final resting place, far from his home, is better maintained than the graves of two of the other great poets of Delhi
[...]Delhi is home to many denominations of Christians, each having a church of its own with established even before independence
[...]The national capital is home to various Christian denominations; each has a church of its own; some of the places of worship are as old as 200 years
[...]The college, which began in Chandni Chowk’s Kinari Bazar before moving to Kashmere Gate and then to North Campus, has produced many luminaries and continues to draw top students even as the college enters its 125th year
[...]Delhi Transport Corporation’s decision to stop the service of buses connecting areas in west and east Delhi with New Delhi has left many commuters inconvenienced and nostalgic
[...]Surinder Kaur, who was the cynosure of all eyes during Punjabi weddings in the Capital, remains popular through her songs even 17 years after her death
[...]The city boasts of two iconic Garhwali landmarks — Garhwal Bhawan and Garhwal Heroes — which have provided emotional support and received a lot of love from the diaspora of the hill districts
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