Firoz Shah Kotla fort, New Delhi
Firoz Shah Kotla Fort, New Delhi Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq (1309-88) was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate during 1351-88. Firoz Shah Tughlaq was a good builder. He built Firozabad, the fifth city of Delhi. Firoz Shah Kotla is a fort, built in that city. At present, it is in a state of ruins. Firoz Shah…
Bannerghatta Biological Park
Bannerghatta Biological Park is a wildlife reserve in the Bannerghatta National Park located about 22 kilometers south of Bengaluru. Bannerghetta National Park was founded in 1970 and was declared a national park in 1974. It occupies an area of about 260 square kilometers. In 2002, a part of the national park was made a wildlife…
Ooty, the queen of hill stations
1.0 Ooty The official name is Udagamandalam. The city is also known as Ootacamund. There is an abbreviation, Udhagai. But everyone calls it Ooty, which is short, simple and, hence, popular. Ooty is a tourist attraction in the Nilgiri Hills. Located in the state of Tamil Nadu, 158 km from the city of Mysore in…
Tughlaqabad Fort
Ghiyas ud-Din Tughlaq, was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate in India during 1320-25. The Khilji dynasty, with strong rulers like Alauddin Khilji (1296–1316), ended in 1320. The last ruler of the dynasty was Qutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah Khilji (1316-20). Ghiyas ud-Din Tughlaq became the ruler in the year 1320 and founded the Tughlaq dynasty which ruled…
Ghiyas ud-Din Tughlaq’s Tomb in Delhi
Ghiyas ud-Din Tughlaq was the ruler of the Sultanate of Delhi during September 1320 to February 1325. He was the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty in India and also the founder of the city of Tughluqabad, the third city of Delhi. Ghiyas ud-Din Tughlaq’s tomb is located on the Mehrauli Badarpur Road in New Delhi,…
Siri Fort, the second city of Delhi
Siri Fort Alauddin Khilji was the second ruler of the Khilji dynasty in the Delhi Sultanate. Alauddin Khilji ruled during the years, 1290-1316. Alauddin Khilji constructed the Siri Fort during 1297-1307. The city of Siri evolved around the fort. The water for the city was supplied from the Hauz Khas. The objective of the fort…
Qila Rai Pithora and Lal Kot
Lal Kot and Qila Rai Pithora constitute the first city of Delhi. Lal Kot was founded by Anangpal Tomar I in the 8th century AD. Anangpal Tomar II ruled in the mid-eleventh century and build the Lal Kot (literally, the Red Fort). The Chauhan kings of Ajmer gained control of Lal Kot sometime in the…
Hauz Khas
History Allauddin Khilji was the ruler of Delhi Sultanate during 1296-1316. Allauddin Khilji founded the second city of medieval Delhi, the Siri Fort and excavated and built a large tank for collecting water during the rainy season for use of the residents of the Siri Fort all through the year. The tank was named Hauz-e-Alai….
Monuments near the Hauz Khas Village
Dadi-Poti Tombs Located opposite to the Aurobindo Place market on the Hauz Khas Village Road in New Delhi, these tombs are known as the Dadi-Poti (grandmother-granddaughter) tombs. The bigger tomb is known as the Dadi Tomb and the smaller one is the Poti Tomb. Unfortunately, it is not known who is buried in these tombs….
Garden of Five Senses
The Garden of Five Senses is a fine park developed by the Delhi Tourism Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC). It was opened to the public in 2003. It is called the Garden of Five Senses because a visit here can stimulate and invigorate ones five senses. It is located at the at the Said-ul-Aizab village just…
Golden Triangle Tour
The Golden Triangle Tour is a tour of the cities of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur in India. The three cities form the vertices of a nice looking triangle. Delhi, Agra and Jaipur are historical cities with rich heritage and has a number of very popular tourist spots. The perimeter of the golden triangle is 643…
Tourist places in Delhi
The National Capital Territory of Delhi is a union territory in India. Delhi contains New Delhi, which is the capital city of India. Delhi has lots of tourist places like historical monuments, landscapes, parks and an expansive zoo with diverse wildlife. The top tourist places in Delhi are as follows. Qutub Minar The Qutub Minar…
Tourist places in Agra
Agra is a major historical city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Agra is an old city. It has been referred in the epic Mahabharta as Agrevaṇa. Over time, the city’s name got transformed into much simpler and shorter Agra. Sikandar Lodi, the second ruler of Lodi dynasty, started the building of the city…
Tourist places in Jaipur
Jaipur, the capital city of the Indian state of Rajasthan, is a popular tourist destination. Jaipur was founded on November 18, 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II. Jaipur is known as the pink city as it was painted in pink color in 1876 to welcome Prince Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales and, since…
Central Museum, Jaipur
The Central Museum in Jaipur is located inside the Albert Hall. The Central Museum came up under the guidance of Brigade Surgeon Colonel Thomas Holbein Hendley, CIE (21 April 1847 – 2 February 1917), who was a British medical officer in the Indian Medical Service. Colonel Hendley was the Residency Surgeon of Jaipur from 1873…
Albert Hall, Jaipur
Albert Hall is a historical building in the Ram Niwas Garden in Jaipur. It was built in 1876-87 during the reign of Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II.
Nahargarh Fort
Nahargarh Fort is one of three forts at Jaipur, Amber Fort and Jaigarh Fort, being the other two. Nahargarh Fort is more like the Jaigarh Fort, situated on top of Aravalli Hills, open spaces, fresh air and great views of the city from the windows in the palaces inside the fort. Nahargarh means an abode…
Jaigarh Fort
The first thing that strikes you after reaching Jaigarh Fort is the spectacular views all around. The fort is situated on top of the hill named Cheel Ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) and is higher than the nearby Amber Fort. Inside the fort, the air is clean and cool and there are vacant spaces between…
Amber Fort
Amber Fort, pronounced ä-mêr fort and also, sometimes written as Amer Fort, is a sixteenth century fort located in the hilly town of Amer, about 11 kilometers from the city of Jaipur. Amber Fort was established by the Meenas rulers in the eleventh century. The present day fort was built by Raja Man Singh, the…