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Delhi Rewind: How DDA offered housing to Delhi’s aspiring middle-class, set example for rest of India

June 26, 2022 8:02 am

The DDA had been functioning for two decades by then. It was established in 1957 in the wake of the Partition by the central government to ensure the planned expansion and development of Delhi.

Delhi rewind: How the National Museum of Natural History became a centre for environmental activism in Delhi

June 05, 2022 10:51 am

The National Museum of Natural History was established inside the FICCI building at Mandi House, where it stayed until it was destroyed in a massive fire in April 2016.

Delhi rewind: How Delite, among Delhi's first cinemas in Independent India, came up following Nehru's call

May 22, 2022 3:38 am

A plot was purchased in an auction by the Delhi Improvement Trust, for an exorbitant Rs 6 lakh, to make way for the hall with about 1,100 seats

Delhi Rewind: How DLF built colonies in Delhi for aspirational Partition migrants

April 17, 2022 8:41 am

Long before the DLF turned Gurgaon from a humble hamlet to one of the fastest growing cities in India, it was in Delhi that the company created some of the city’s most opulent neighbourhoods.

Delhi Rewind: How Partition migrants made Daryaganj a hub for Hindi publishers

April 05, 2022 7:44 am

When Amarnath Varma, 87, and his family decided to move out of Multan in the wake of the Partition, the most prized possessions they transferred to Delhi beforehand were thousands of books that lined their bookstore. Varma’s grandfather had started the books business, selling titles in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi.

Delhi Rewind: How a mosque in Khirki village survived, with help from local Hindus

March 20, 2022 7:30 am

The Khirki Masjid is known to have been built in the 14th Century by Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah, the prime minister of Firoz Shah Tughlaq. For residents of Khirki though, the identity of the mosque was rather vague, given that no religious rituals were held on its premises.

Delhi Rewind: How C R Park was almost named Purbachal — till Indira Gandhi govt intervened

March 13, 2022 7:15 am

In order to make a democratic choice of name, the EPDP association called for a referendum and put ‘Purbachal’ and ‘Chittaranjan Das’ to vote. Bandopadhyay recalled how Purbachal won the popular vote. However, it was not the name the neighbourhood eventually got, on account of the political interventions of the Indira Gandhi government.

Delhi Rewind: How Sahitya Akademi found its name, purpose, and Nehru as first president

March 08, 2022 12:47 pm

“Sahitya Akademi held a place of pride in the world of Indian literature. There was no comparable institution at that time,” said Satchidanandan. “Every Indian writer wanted to be connected to it in some way or the other.”

Delhi Rewind: How an agricultural fair that attracted Eisenhower and the Queen gave rise to Delhi’s Shivaji College

March 08, 2022 12:47 pm

The fair that marked the beginning of the first college in rural Delhi lies lost in the pages of history. It was held between December 11, 1959, and March 11, 1960, and was inaugurated by President Rajendra Prasad along with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the US President Dwight D Eisenhower.