CHANDNI CHOWK The Mughal City of Old Delhi Swapna Liddle Speaking Tiger 176 pages; Rs 399 As one crosses the Khooni Darwaza, on one’s way to Daryaganj in an auto or a car, one cannot help but remember the urban legend associated with this monument: It’s said, on rainy nights, the ceiling of the structure leaks — not water — but blood. According to one source, this legend started soon after 1857, when two sons and one grandson of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’ II, were shot dead and their bodies hung at this very spot. ...
Archaeology of a Mughal capital
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