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The
seniority of the main market area of Chandni
Chowk, he delivered a revered place in the
markets in Delhi. It said he was once lined
with beautiful fountains. However, over
time, it grew as crowded as it is today.
Located opposite the Red Fort, Chandani
Chowk home to the Digambar Jain Temple,
Fatehpuri Mosque - built by the wives of
Shah Jahan - and Sunheri Masjid.
That is where the troops
of Nadir Shah started their mission of looting
and killing the 'infidels' in Delhi. One
of the largest retail markets and India,
Chandni Chowk is over 300 years. It was
established in 1650, when the Mughal emperor
Shah moved his capital from Delhi to Agra,
as an accompaniment to the fort. Jahanara,
the Emperor 's favourite daughter, is credited
with the design of this market, where an
arcade of shops was built in a half-moon
shape around a swimming pool.
It quickly button in a
shopping mall prosperous and branched into
a number of sub-ways and soon extended from
Fort Fatehpuri mosque. A canal known as
Faiz Nahar, renovated by Ali Mardan Khan,
have throughout the length of Chandni Chowk,
to provide drinking water and irrigation,
but they later went into disuse. Besides
the Red Fort located nearby, you can also
visit the famous Chawri Bazaar.
He is a closer, more active
and successful shopping malls in Delhi,
covering iron and equipment, paper, utensils,
brass, copper and stainless steel. You can
see the traditional framework of Chandni
Chowk d ''Havelis ', 'Kuchas 'and 'Katras
'. Visit the seven major Hindu and Jain
temples, two churches, three mosques and
two Gurudwaras in the region. These places
of worship including Sri Lal Jain Digambar
Mandir, Jama Masjid, Shish Ganj Gurudwara,
Gauri Shankar temple and Sunahari Masjid.
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