Kashmiri Gate the Old Delhi Warzone of the 1857 war

Itinerary
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Stop At: Qudasia Park, near Kashmiri Gate, New Delhi India

You will be picked up from your hotel/airport/railway station in Delhi & taken to Kashmiri gate. Kashmiri Gate was one of the original gates of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s mid-17th century imperial capital Shahjahanabad (presently OLD Delhi). The gate was located close to river Yamuna and the region around it became a site of recreational gardens and country houses built by the members of the royal family and courtiers.

Our first stop will be “Qudsia Bagh”, a charbagh mughal garden outside Kashmiri Gate which was built by Qudsia Begum, mother of Emperor Ahmed Shah. We move on to The Fahkr-ul-masjid was built by Kaniz-i-Fatima in memory of her husband Shujaat Khan, a nobleman in Aurangzeb’s court.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Kashmere Gate Monument, Opposite ISBT.Kashmiri gate, New Delhi 110006 India

We may stop for a while for photostop at Ruined British Magazine, The magazine was a large compound with several buildings where gunpowder and ammunition were manufactured and stored by the East India Company before the Rebellion in 1857.

Next is “The Lothian Cemetery” which was the main burial ground of the Christian population of Delhi killed during this period.

Kashmiri Gate also suffered extensive damage and was left in its ruined state as a symbol of the Mutiny. Cannon-ball marks on the walls adjoining Kashmiri Gate. Kashmiri Gate was heavily bombarded by British artillery positions on the high Northern Ridge.


Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Kashmere Gate Monument, Opposite ISBT.Kashmiri gate, New Delhi 110006 India

Next is “The Lothian Cemetery” which was the main burial ground of the Christian population of Delhi killed during this period.

Kashmiri Gate also suffered extensive damage and was left in its ruined state as a symbol of the Mutiny. Cannon-ball marks on the walls adjoining Kashmiri Gate. Kashmiri Gate was heavily bombarded by British artillery positions on the high Northern Ridge.


Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Red Fort (Lal Quila), Netaji Subhash Marg, New Delhi 110002 India

Tour ends outside the “Red fort” in Famous “Chandni Chowk” and time will be given to you for photography.

To conclude, you will be driven back to your hotel/airport/railway station in Delhi.