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Sanjay Gandhi and Brij Vardhan, accompanied by Jagmohan the vice-chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA), was reportedly irked during his visit to Turkman Gate in old Delhi area that he couldn't see the grand old Jama Masjid because of the maze of tenements. On 13 April 1976, the DDA team bulldozed the tenements.
The Anti-Rowlatt Agitation was a historic movement against the Rowlatt Act of 1919. One of the key centres of this movement was the Jama Masjid in Central Delhi. To protest against the unjust terms of the Rowlatt Act, Gandhi decided that there should be a movement which should start with a fast.
Situated in the Mughal capital of Shahjahanabad (today Old Delhi), it served as the imperial mosque of the Mughal emperors until the demise of the empire in 1857. The Jama Masjid was regarded as a symbolic gesture of Islamic power across India, well into the colonial era.
Jama Masjid of Delhi, mosque in Old Delhi, India, constructed in 1650–56 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a noted patron of Islamic architecture. Jama Masjid, now the second largest mosque on the Indian subcontinent, is also an impressive example of Mughal architecture.
Dec 29, 2019 · During the dark days of the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi in 1975-77, it was the area around Jama Masjid that saw protests against the forceful evictions and sterilisations unleashed by Sanjay Gandhi and his men. The protesters were beaten up and fired upon by police.
May 30, 2018 · The committee found that the demolition programmes were often decided on political considerations. The strongholds of the Jana Sangh and the Jama Masjid area were the special targets. The committee also observed that Sanjay Gandhi was responsible for a number of illegal demolitions.
The Jama Masjid (Masjid-i Jahan-Numa) of Delhi is one of the largest mosques in India. Let’s have a look at it history, architecture, opening hours, entry fee and some interesting facts.
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