Kashmiri Gate, Delhi and Related Topics

Old Delhi

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Area in the UT of Delhi, India.

Busy streets near Jama Masjid, Old Delhi.

View of Old Delhi from Jama Masjid in June 1973.

The City of Delhi Before the Siege - The Illustrated London News Jan 16, 1858

Historic map of Delhi (Shahjahanabad), 1863

Map of Delhi and New Delhi after the First World War. The descriptions are in Czech.

The Lahori Gate of Red Fort from Chandni Chowk.

2) Kashmiri Gate: north

Durga Puja Samiti, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi 2015.

Delhi Durga Puja Samiti

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Delhi Durga Puja Samiti, also known as the Kashmere Gate Durga Puja is the oldest community Durga Puja (festival) of Delhi.

Battle damage to the Kashmiri Gate in Delhi, 1857.

Siege of Delhi

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One of the decisive conflicts of the Indian rebellion of 1857.

The Flagstaff Tower, Delhi, where the British survivors of the rebellion gathered on 11 May 1857

Hindu Rao's house in Delhi, now a hospital, was extensively damaged in the fighting.

The Jantar Mantar observatory in Delhi in 1858, damaged in the fighting.

Bank of Delhi was attacked by mortar and gunfire.

Sikh officers of the British army by Felice Beato, 1858

The outline of the siege with the British camp just north of the city

Blowing of Kashmir gate by Sergeant Carmichael

Plaque at Kashmiri Gate, commemorating the attack on it on 14 September 1857

Capture of Bahadur Shah Zafar and his sons by William Hodson at Humayun's tomb on 20 September 1857

Two british soldiers, James Hills-Johnes (pictured) and Henry Tombs were awarded the Victoria Cross for their part in the battle

They provided guards, working parties and other details to a "Main Guard" building just inside the walls near the Kashmiri Gate on the northern circuit of walls, the arsenal in the city and other buildings.

A 1912 map of Northern India, showing the centres of the rebellion.

Indian Rebellion of 1857

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Major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

India in 1765 and 1805, showing East India Company-governed territories in pink

India in 1837 and 1857, showing East India Company-governed territories in pink

Two sepoy officers; a private sepoy, 1820s

A scene from the 1857 Indian Rebellion (Bengal Army).

Indian mutiny map showing position of troops on 1 May 1857

"The Sepoy revolt at Meerut," wood-engraving from the Illustrated London News, 1857

An 1858 photograph by Felice Beato of a mosque in Meerut where some of the rebel soldiers may have prayed

Wood-engraving depicting the massacre of officers by insurgent cavalry at Delhi

The Flagstaff Tower, Delhi, where the British survivors of the rebellion gathered on 11 May 1857; photographed by Felice Beato

Troops of the Native Allies by George Francklin Atkinson, 1859.

Sikh Troops Dividing the Spoil Taken from Mutineers, circa 1860

Fugitive British officers and their families attacked by mutineers.

A wood-engraving of Nynee Tal (today Nainital) and accompanying story in the Illustrated London News, 15 August 1857, describing how the resort town in the Himalayas served as a refuge for British families escaping from the rebellion of 1857 in Delhi and Meerut.

Attack of the mutineers on the Redan Battery at Lucknow, 30 July 1857

Assault on Delhi and capture of the Cashmere Gate, 14 September 1857

Wood-engraving depicting Tatya Tope's Soldiery

A memorial erected (circa 1860) by the British after the Mutiny at the Bibighar Well. After India's Independence the statue was moved to the All Souls Memorial Church, Cawnpore. Albumen silver print by Samuel Bourne, 1860

A contemporary image of the massacre at the Satichaura Ghat

The interior of the Secundra Bagh, several months after its storming during the second relief of Lucknow. Albumen silver print by Felice Beato, 1858

Jhansi Fort, which was taken over by rebel forces, and subsequently defended against British recapture by the Rani of Jhansi

Wood-engraving of the execution of mutineers at Peshawar

Marble Lectern in memory of 35 British soldiers in Jhelum

Lieutenant William Alexander Kerr, 24th Bombay Native Infantry, near Kolapore, July 1857

The Relief of Lucknow by Thomas Jones Barker

British soldiers looting Qaisar Bagh, Lucknow, after its recapture (steel engraving, late 1850s)

Execution of mutineers by blowing from a gun by the British, 8 September 1857.

Justice, a print by Sir John Tenniel in a September 1857 issue of Punch

Bahadur Shah Zafar (the last Mughal emperor) in Delhi, awaiting trial by the British for his role in the Uprising. Photograph by Robert Tytler and Charles Shepherd, May 1858

The proclamation to the "Princes, Chiefs, and People of India," issued by Queen Victoria on 1 November 1858. "We hold ourselves bound to the natives of our Indian territories by the same obligation of duty which bind us to all our other subjects." (p. 2)

Captain C Scott of the Gen. Sir. Hope Grant's Column, Madras Regiment, who fell on the attack of Fort of Kohlee, 1858. Memorial at the St. Mary's Church, Madras

The Mutiny Memorial in Delhi, a monument to those killed on the British side during the fighting.

Suppression of the Indian Revolt by the English, which depicts the execution of mutineers by blowing from a gun by the British, a painting by Vasily Vereshchagin c. 1884. Note: This painting was allegedly bought by the British crown and possibly destroyed (current whereabouts unknown). It anachronistically depicts the events of 1857 with soldiers wearing (then current) uniforms of the late 19th century.

The hanging of two participants in the Indian Rebellion, Sepoys of the 31st Native Infantry. Albumen silver print by Felice Beato, 1857.

The National Youth rally at the National Celebration to Commemorate 150th Anniversary of the First War of Independence, 1857 at Red Fort, in Delhi on 11 May 2007

Henry Nelson O'Neil's 1857 painting Eastward Ho! depicting British soldiers saying farewell to their loved ones as they embark on a deployment to India.

Charles Canning, the Governor-General of India during the rebellion.

Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856, who devised the Doctrine of Lapse.

Lakshmibai, the Rani of Maratha-ruled Jhansi, one of the principal leaders of the rebellion who earlier had lost her kingdom as a result of the Doctrine of Lapse.

Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor, crowned Emperor of India, by the Indian troops, he was deposed by the British, and died in exile in Burma

Mortar damage to Kashmiri Gate, Delhi, 1858

Photograph entitled, "The Hospital in General Wheeler's entrenchment, Cawnpore". (1858) The hospital was the site of the first major loss of British lives in Cawnpore

1858 picture of Sati Chaura Ghat on the banks of the Ganges River, where on 27 June 1857 many British men lost their lives and the surviving women and children were taken prisoner by the rebels.

Bibigarh house where British women and children were killed and the well where their bodies were found, 1858.

The Bibighar Well site where a memorial had been built. Samuel Bourne, 1860.

An attempt to storm the city through the breaches and the Kashmiri Gate was launched on 14 September.

Devi Durga killing Mahishasura with her trident riding her vahana lion . Lakshmi and Ganesha flank the left while Saraswati and Kartikeya flank on the right

Durga Puja

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Annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasur.

The Dadhimati Mata Temple of Rajasthan preserves a Durga-related inscription from chapter 10 of Devi Mahatmya. The temple inscription has been dated by modern methods to 608 CE.

A display of sculpture-idols depicting Rama and Narada praying to Durga

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A Durga sculpture-idol in the river, post-immersion.

Sacrifice of a buffalo during Durga puja, in Assam.

Durga puja at Bagbajar, Kolkata, example of a sarvajanin barowari puja.

Durga puja at the Shobhabazar Rajbari, in Kolkata, example of a bonedi puja.

Immersion procession for Durga puja, with the sculpture-idols being carried by people on bamboo poles.

Sculpture-idols in Cuttack, Odisha for Durga puja, bedecked with jewellery.

Durga puja has been a theme in various artistic works such as movies, paintings, and literature. Shown here is Pratima Visarjan by Gaganendranath Tagore, depicting a Durga puja immersion procession. This painting inspired the colour scheme of the Indian film, Kahaani.

While in Delhi, the first community Durga puja was organized near Kashmiri Gate by a group of expatriate Bengalis, in 1910, a year before Delhi was declared the capital of British India.

Delhi Gate links Daryaganj of Old Delhi with New Delhi

Delhi Gate, Delhi

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Southern gate in the historic walled city of Delhi, or Shahjahanabad in 1638 AD. The gate links the New Delhi city with the old walled city of Delhi.

The gate is similar in design and architecture to the northern gate of the walled city, the Kashmiri Gate (1853).

Inter State Bus Terminals

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Inter State Bus Terminal or Inter-State Bus Terminus is a bus terminus that provides bus service to destinations located in other states.

Maharana Pratap Inter State Bus Terminus, Kashmiri Gate

St. James' Church, Delhi

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One of the oldest churches in the city, and part of the Church of North India Diocese of Delhi.

The church building during a Christmas night.

James Skinner (Sikandar Sahib), founder of the church.

Skinner's Church c. 1858 photographed by Harriet and Robert Christopher Tytler

Tomb of William Fraser at St. James' Church, near Kashmiri Gate, Delhi

Colonel James Skinner's grave at St. James' Church, near Kashmiri Gate, Delhi

It is situated near Kashmiri Gate, at the intersection of Church Road and Lothian Road.

St. Stephen's College, Delhi

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Constituent college of the University of Delhi.

Old St Stephens College building at Kashmere Gate

St Stephen College hostel at Kashmiri Gate

The Punjab University received its charter more than one year after the founding of St. Stephen's College, which became one of the two institutions first affiliated to it and moved into premises in Kashmiri Gate, Delhi.