Independence Day
Buddhist refugees from Chittagong and Namdharis from Punjab have helped make Delhi diverse, but few know about them
[…]As per the advisory, vehicular access around the Red Fort area, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address the nation on August 15, will be restricted from 4 am to 10 am. Only authorized vehicles will be allowed during this time
[…]Connaught Place witnessed carnage in British-owned showrooms in 1942 before seeing similar havoc in 1984, during the anti-Sikh riots
[…]Poet Jagannath Azad, who wrote the first national anthem of Pakistan on Jinnah’s request, shifted to Delhi from Pakistan, while Hafiz Jalandhari, whose anthem was later adopted by Pakistan, moved to the new country from Delhi
[…]Old Delhi’s Patang Bazaar in Lal Kuan takes the colour of Indian flag as Independence Day approaches with a boom in business
[…]As per the advisory, the area around Red Fort will experience road closures for the public from 4am to 11am on Sunday
[…]India’s first-ever museum park, with statues built from waste metal, is a tribute to those who shaped the country
[…]Dressed in their traditional costumes, 12 singers hailing from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Cameroon put up a heart-warming performance and the video that has gone viral was shared by the Union Ministry of Culture on Twitter.
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