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One hundred years ago, when the nation was still in the making and Independence 26 years away, Britain's Duke of Connaught laid the foundation stone of Parliament House and said it would stand "as the symbol of India's rebirth to yet higher destinies".
India Gate in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The foundation stone of the All India War Memorial Arch in Delhi or India Gate as it is known today was laid on February 10 in 1921 by British royal Duke of Connaught during his visit to the country, according to old records. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, was an uncle of King George V, the then reigning monarch of the British Empire who had held a grand durbar in Delhi in 1911, where he had also announced the shifting of the imperial capital from Calcutta to Delhi. Following this decision, work began on ...
Masonic Links That Shaped Nairobi's Story A masonic temple. File Nairobi's ties to the freemasonry world are well documented with some of its posh estates known to have been built by the society's members. However, the 'why' behind the highly secretive organization's decision to leave its mark across the Kenyan capital has not been examined. A quick walk around the capital city and one can’t miss the uniqueness of buildings that were erected by Freemasons who put up structures like the All Saint’s Cathedral in the early years of the 20th century. According to historical records, the secre...
Illustration: Matt Kenyon/The Guardian In the tangle of west Londonâs railway junctions â out Willesden way, where trains creak around tight curves, attempting to circumvent the London termini â I recently came across lines of new carriages waiting for work. I think it was at that famous railway placename Old Oak Common, where the smoke from the locomotive sheds once lay black across the sky. Several long sidings were filled with them: new, in a livery of shining white, with the London Transport roundel emblazoned on their sides â in purple and ...
Pavan K. Varma | Why J. Khanna dissented from Central Vista ruling Published : Jan 10, 2021, 7:17 am IST Updated : Jan 10, 2021, 7:17 am IST Justice Sanjiv Khanna, in his dissenting judgment, used a very telling expression to describe the undemocratic opacity of the government Justice Sanjiv Khanna (Photo credit : Wikipedia) The Supreme Court (SC) has in a two-against-one judgment given a conditional green signal to the government’s plans to massively rebuild the central core of the capital of the Republic. We have no option but to accept the view of the highest court of the land, b...