Victoria Memorial Kolkata Panorama
…where one finds an amazing compilation of the memorabilia of Victoria, paintings of British rule and other exhibits. The collection includes weapons, sculptors, paintings, maps, coins, stamps, artifacts, textiles, etc….
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (13 May 1905 – 11 February 1977)
…Ahmed was born on 13 May 1905, in Delhi, India, to Lt. Colonel Zulnur Ali Ahmed, a Gujjar[1] surgeon in the Indian Medical Service, and Sahibzadi Ruqqaiya Sultan Begum, a…
Char Minar
…of its four (Persian/Hindi char = four) minarets (Minar (Arabic manara) = spire/tower). This beautiful colossus in granite, lime, mortar and, some say, pulverised marble, was at one time the…