lesser known mounments of delhi

1. Presented by:
Arun
Sajeev
Saransh
Vinita
Vishal

2.  Introduction
 Agrasen ki Baoli
 Mutiny Memorial
 Khooni Darwaza
 Flagstaff Tower
 Bal ban’s Tomb
 Referencing

3.  Why we choose this topic?
 What makes a monument famous?

5.  Ugrasen ki baoli.
 It is among a few of its type in Delhi.
 It is situated on Hailey road, near Connaught place.
 It is believed that it is built during mahabharat epic
era.
 From an structural viewpoint this phase well was
probably renewed during the Tughlaq interval.

6.  ARCHITECTURE
o Its 60 meter long and 15 meter wide step well.
o Step well consist of three levels, Each level is lined with
arched niches on both sides.
o Some parts of the well, with 103 steps, were permanently
immersed in water.
o Stone walls of the well are stark yet beautiful.

8.  It is an important colonial building related
to the 1857 uprising in Delhi
 A monument to those killed on British side
during the India’s rebellion of 1857.
 It is situated in front of Old Telegraph
Building, Kashmiri Gate.
 Indian government renamed the monument “Ajitgarh”.

9.  HISTORY
o After the mutiny of 1857,British victors decided to
construct a memorial to fallen.
o It receives much public criticism on its completion.
o When it built it was part of open marshy landscape that
was the northern ridge.

10.  ARCHITECTURE
o It is built in high Victorian Gothic style in red
sandstone.
o It has four tiers from an octagonal base.
o The lowest tier consist of seven faces containing
memorials plaques and one face holding the stairs to the
upper tiers.
o The tower is circular from inside with staircase.

12.  Lal Darwaza.
 Khooni Darwaza is situated at Bahadur Shah Zafar
Marg ,Delhi.
 It is one of the 13 surviving Gates in Delhi.
 HISTORY
o This Gate earned its name after the three Princes of the
Mughal Dynasty- Bahadur Shah Zafar’s sons.

13. o On September 22,1857 these Princes were shot by
British Soldier, Captain William Hudson during
the Indian Rebellion.
o At this Gate Jahangir killed the Abdul Rahim
Khan-E-Khana.
o Aurangzeb killed his elder brother Dara Shikoh and had
his head displayed at the gate.
o In 1739 this gate is Bloodshed when Nadir Shah of persia
had ransacked Delhi.

14.  ARCHITECTURE
o Khooni Darwaza is 15.5m tall.
o It is constructed by Quartzite Stone.
o It has different level that reached by three stair case.
 Today Khooni Darwaza is protected monument under
the Archaeological Survey of India.
 In December 2002, the monument was sealed to the
general public.

16.  Flagstaff Tower is one-room, castellated tower,
built around 1828 as a signal tower.
 It is located at Kamla Nehru Ridge, Delhi.
 It was built by the British Indian Army,
and was used as a signal tower.
 Before 1910, the area where the tower was built was
the highest point on the ridge.

17.  HISTORY
o Flagstaff Tower played an important role during
the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
o Among for their defense the besieged had two light
field guns, which stood outside the tower.
o The tower had been built by britishers to
commemorate the site where British women and
children gathered during the First War of Indian
Independence.

18.  ARCHITECTURE
o It had built with the albumen print, 254 x 304 mm
o It is hard to believe that it’s fenced-in
park, with its odd combination of leafy greenery
and tarred pathways.
o It’s Decorative features include mouldings, battlements, and
arched niches. Access is through a winding central staircase.

20.  It is an imposing stone and masonry building, though
lacking the splendid ornamentation to be seen in the
tomb of his master, Iltutmish.
 The tomb is surrounded by the ruins of an extensive
late-medieval settlement and it offers, from certain
angles, a remarkable view of the Qutub Minar.
 To the east of Balban's tomb, lies a ruined rectangular
structure said to be the grave of Khan Shahid, Balban's
son, whose original name was Muhammad, who died
fighting against the Mongols near Multan in 1285.

21. • ARCHITECTURE
o The Tomb of Ghiyas ud din Bal ban is located in Mehrauli ,
New Delhi
o The Tomb is built in ca 1287 CE, in rubble masonry.
o The Tomb of Bal ban was discovered in the mid-twentith
century.
o Today the Bal ban's tomb has we know in Mehrauli
Archaeological Park.

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