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Amrit Udyan (meaning: The Garden of the Holy Nectar) is a garden situated at the back of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Formerly known as the Mughal Gardens , it was rechristened by the Bharatiya Janata Party -led Union Government to Amrit Udyan in January 2023 after the new name was proposed by President Draupadi Murmu as part of the 75th Anniversary ...
Humayun's Tomb garden, Delhi Nishat Bagh is a terraced Mughal garden built on the banks the Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Rashtrapati Bhavan was built in 1912 in a Mughal style. Tomb of Jahangir in Shahdara Bagh Pinjore Gardens , 17th century terraced Mughal gardens with significant later renovations by Sikh rulers of Patiala Bagh-e ...
Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum (ISO: Rāṣṭrapati Bhavana Saṁgrahālaya lit. ' Presidential Palace Museum ' ) is a public biographical museum located on the Raisina hill of New Delhi dedicated to the presidents of India from its establishment as a republic to present day.
Most pre-Mughal Indian Islamic and Persian inscriptions in India date from the last decade of the 12th century AD, when Muhammad Ghori (Guri) conquered Delhi and established his sultanate there. However, a small number of inscriptions have been found in Haryana, Gujarat and Kerala which bear earlier dates.
The Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila (Hindustani: [laːl qiːlaː]) is a historic Mughal fort in Delhi, India, that served as the primary residence of the Mughal emperors. Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the construction of the Red Fort on 12 May 1639, following his decision to relocate the Mughal capital from Agra to Delhi.
The Rampurva capitals are the capitals of a pair of Ashoka Pillars discovered in c. 1876 by A. C. L. Carlleyle. [1] [2] The archaeological site is called Rampurva, and is located in the West Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar, situated very close to the border with Nepal. [3]
Indo-Saracenic architecture (also known as Indo-Gothic, Mughal-Gothic, Neo-Mughal) was a revivalist architectural style mostly used by British architects in India in the later 19th century, especially in public and government buildings in the British Raj, and the palaces of rulers of the princely states.
Mughal architecture is characterized by large bulbous onion domes, the use of white marble and red sandstone, delicate ornamentation work, and large buildings surrounded by gardens on all four sides. The Humayun's Tomb is the first notable example of Mughal architecture in Delhi.