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The Raj & the Freedom Struggle

After 1857, a British General Forced Condemned Men to Clean Blood Off a Floor Under the Lash, Then Hanged Them. He Was Not the Worst of It.

Mirza Ghalib Published His First Urdu Divan in Delhi in 1841, Held the Titles Dabir-ul-Mulk and Najm-ud-Daula at Bahadur Shah Zafar's Court, and Kept a Persian Diary Through the Fall of Delhi in 1857

Ancient & Medieval India

A 6-Tonne Iron Pillar Has Stood in the Delhi Weather for 1,600 Years. It Still Hasn't Rusted Away