Tag: british

• Heritage Walk at Musoorie and Landour – Episode 1 : The Discovery of Mussoorie!

  

  So here’s the first episode from our new Heritage Trail video series – A Tale of 2 Cities – MUSSOORIE & LANDOUR 🙂 Discover how the British “found” Mussoorie during the 19th Century.. how the place got it’s name.. and how it developed into a beautiful “rejuvenating” town for the ailing “Company”! All this and more…Happy…

  adityapathak

  October 13, 2015

  Culture, Explorations, Films, Heritage, History, Stories, Sufi, Travel, Videos, Vlog

  Ajay Sharma, british, British rule, Britishers, colonial, Dehradun, east india company, Frederick Wilson, heritage, Heritage Tour, history, India, landour, mussoorie, Pahaadi Wilson, Tihri, tour, Travel

• A Tale of 2 Cities – MUSSOORIE & LANDOUR! (Promo video)

  

  A Tale of 2 Cities – MUSSOORIE & LANDOUR! Excited to share this quick 2 minute preview of our upcoming Heritage Exploration series from the hills 🙂 It’s time to explore the Colonial times of the Raj .. the stories of how and why the British established Mussoorie .. interesting heroic tales.. and the awesome…

  adityapathak

  September 21, 2015

  Cover Songs, Culture, Delhi, Explorations, Heritage, History, Sufi, Travel

  british, colonial, Everest, fredrick young, heritage, history, landour, mussoorie, pahadi wilson

• Metcalfe’s Bridge and Boathouse (Dilkusha) – Mehrauli Archaeological Park (Episode 5)

  

  In this episode we go further inside the Mehrauli Archaeological Park exploring Dilkusha – Metcalfe’s pleasure-palace of sorts! We visit the place where, as a pat of re-landscaping the place, Metcalfe got a water stream redirected and also built a bridge and a boat house right next to a Mughal tomb!

  adityapathak

  January 10, 2015

  Delhi, Explorations, Films, Heritage, History, Mehrauli, Videos, Vlog

  aditya pathak, arunima pathak, british, Delhi Heritage Vlogs, Dilkush, dilkusha, east india company, first farmhouse in mehrauli, heritage, heritage walk, mehrauli, Mehrauli Archaeological Park, metcalfe, Metcalfe’s Boathouse, Metcalfe’s Bridge, Thomas Metcalfe

• Metcalfe’s Folly and Dilkush – Mehrauli Archaeological Park (Episode 4)

  

  In this new episode of our Heritage Walk series to the Mehrauli Archaeological Park (New Delhi, India) we take you back to the 19th Century India. Standing beneath this very British looking Folly, today known as Metcalfe’s Folly (near the Jamali-Kamali mosque), we discuss about the times of the helpless Mughal court of Bahadur Shah Zafar…

  adityapathak

  January 4, 2015

  Delhi, Explorations, Films, Heritage, History, Mehrauli, Videos, Vlog

  aditya pathak, arunima pathak, Bahadur Shah Zafar, british, delhi, Delhi Heritage Vlogs, Dilkush, dilkusha, east india company, India, kanika singh, mehrauli, Mehrauli Archaeological Park, metcalfe, Metcalfe’s Folly, mughal, the city of djinns, the last mughal, Thomas Metcalfe

• Neighborhood of Old Fort : Episode 1

  Ever been around the vicinity of Old Fort area ? There are so many small n big heritage sites out there.. some ruins.. some religious places.. old burial grounds hiding some artistic as well as spiritual gems within .. and so much more! Ever wondered why all these places are together situated in the vicinity…

  adityapathak

  September 13, 2014

  Delhi, Explorations, Films, Heritage, History, Sufi, Videos

  bagh-e-bedil, british, burial grounds, delhi, heritage, Heritage Film, heritage sites, Heritage Video, history, India, khair-ul-manazil, Matka Peer, mughal, old fort, Old Fort Neighborhood, purana qila, Sher Shah Suri

• Hindu Rao Hospital and the Revolt of 1857!

  Not many are aware about how the Hindu Rao Hospital (Delhi) is associated to the Revolt of 1857!! This building was once the bungalow of a “White Mughal” William Fraser.. and has witnessed a lot of action during the days of the sepoy mutiny. This quick video throws some more light on this aspect. Happy Exploring 🙂

  adityapathak

  August 3, 2014

  Explorations, Films, Videos

  1857, british, Colebrook, Ghaib, Hindu Rao Hospital, Kai Chand they Sar-e-Aasma, Loharu, revolt of 1857, sepoy mutiny, Shamsuruhaman Faruki, The Mirror of beauty, white mughal, William Fraser, william fraser’s murder

• The Baoli near Pir Ghaib (behind Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi)

  Much closer to Pir Ghaib (shown in the previous episode)..there’s this massive Baoli (step-well) right behind the Hindu Rao Hospital. This was used to provide water to the 14th century hunting-lodge and observatory and other nearby areas. Happy Exploring!

  adityapathak

  August 1, 2014

  Explorations, Videos

  14th century, 1857, Astronomical, Astronomy, Baoli, british, Ghaib, Ghayab, Hindu Rao Hospital, hunting lodge, legend, Observatory, Peer, Peer Gayab, picket, Pir, Pir Gayab, Pir Ghaib, revolt of 1857, sepoy mutiny, shikaar, shikar, step well, stepwell, tughlaq, tughluq

• Pir Ghaib

  A 14th century astronomical observatory.. a seer who vanished.. the revolt of 1857 .. and how the legend of PIR GHAIB connects these dots in the story of India! All this and more in this episode. Cheers 🙂

  adityapathak

  July 26, 2014

  Films, Videos

  14th century, 1857, Astronomical, Astronomy, british, Ghaib, Ghayab, hunting lodge, legend, Observatory, Peer, Peer Gayab, picket, Pir, Pir Gayab, Pir Ghaib, revolt of 1857, sepoy mutiny, shikaar, shikar, tughlaq, tughluq