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Old
Delhi was once known as the city of Shahjahanabad.
Shah Jahan was created and made its capital.
This walled city has a long and interesting
history and even today, the remnants of
its glorious past can be seen in the form
of door Kashmir, Ajmeri Gate, Turkman Gate,
Delhi Gate and Feroz Shah Kotla. Increasingly
the population in this area gave rise to
very dense housing overlapping small industries
and commercial activities in the region.
Purani Dilli, the capital of Muslim India,
17 to 19 century houses a number of forts,
monuments and mosques.
Chandni Chowk, Red Fort
and Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India,
are also part of Old Delhi. The main attraction
of Old Delhi Gate include Kashmir, which
witnessed the desperate fight against the
rebels of 1857 which were crushed by the
British with an iron fist. Then there is
Great Britain and erected Mutiny Memorial,
the Ashoka pillar brought here by Feroz
Shah Tughlaq, Digambar Jain Mandir, and
Fatehpur Sunehri Masjid, the ruins of the
city of Feroz Shah Kotla, built by Feroz
Shah Tughlaq in 1354 , And Raj Ghat.
Today, Purani Dilli is
a maze of small alleys lined with the remains
of 17th century havelis (homes), inhabited
by a majority Muslim population. Other attractions
of the old city of Delhi are Zinat ul-Masjid
in Daryaganj, which is also known as the
mosque and Cloud was built in 1710 by one
of Aurangzeb 's daughters. Then there is
the Gandhi Memorial Museum and the St. James
Church, the oldest church in Delhi, built
by Colonel James Skinner, who was the son
of a Scotsman and his wife Rajput.
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