Northern Ridge & Flagstaff Tower
Delhi, Delhi, India
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Mutiny Memorial (Ajitgarh)
Delhi, Delhi
A Gothic red-sandstone spire on the Northern Ridge raising the 1857 dead, re-dedicated to the 'immortals' of the uprising — with city views around it.
Qudsia Bagh
Delhi, Delhi
The riverside garden-palace of Qudsia Begum, an 18th-century dancing-girl-turned-queen — a grand gateway and mosque surviving among old-Delhi greenery.
Kingsway Camp & Delhi University North Campus
Delhi, Delhi
The leafy colonial campus of Delhi University — the Viceregal Lodge (old Vice-Regal residence), Ramjas and St Stephen's quads and Kamla Nagar's student bazaar.
Nicholson Cemetery
Delhi, Delhi
The 1857 burial ground by Kashmiri Gate where Brigadier John Nicholson and the storming force lie — moss-grown Raj graves under old trees.
St James' Church (Skinner's Church)
Delhi, Delhi
Delhi's oldest church (1836), built by Anglo-Indian cavalryman James Skinner on a battlefield vow — a Renaissance-domed cross in Kashmiri Gate.
Kashmiri Gate Heritage Zone
Delhi, Delhi
The scarred 1835 city gate where 1857 turned — with St James' Church, Nicholson Cemetery, William Fraser's house and the Old Magazine memorial around it.
Fatehpuri Masjid & Khari Baoli
Delhi, Delhi
The 1650 mosque closing Chandni Chowk's western end, beside Asia's largest wholesale spice market — a wall of chilli, nut and dry-fruit sacks.
Yamuna Aarti at Vasudev Ghat
Delhi, Delhi
The revived riverfront ghat below the ridge — evening Yamuna aarti with lamps and chants, landscaped promenades and a fresh reason to meet the river.
Chandni Chowk Town Hall & Ghantaghar
Delhi, Delhi
The 1866 colonial Town Hall and the memory of the lost clock tower at Chandni Chowk's centre — restored as the redeveloped avenue's civic anchor.
Chandni Chowk Sweet & Chaat Trail
Delhi, Delhi
Old Delhi's sweet century — Ghantewala-era jalebis, Old Famous Jalebi Wala, Natraj dahi bhalla, Kuremal kulfi and Giani's rabri faluda.
Majnu ka Tila (Little Tibet)
Delhi, Delhi
A Tibetan refugee colony on the Yamuna — momo-and-thukpa alleys, monastery calm, wool-and-turquoise stalls and hostel-café youth culture.
Paranthe Wali Gali
Delhi, Delhi
The narrow Chandni Chowk lane of century-old paratha shops frying everything from rabri to bitter-gourd stuffing in ghee kadhais.