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The octagonal garden mausoleum of Nizam Khan, Sikandar Lodi.

Believed to be the first garden mausoleum to be built.

The poor king’s tomb: The octagonal mausoleum of Muhammad Shah Sayid.

A fine example of Indo-Islamic architecture that found roots during the reign of the Delhi Sultanate.

Pathans, they build like giants and finish like goldsmiths.

To historian James Fergusson, Sher Shah Sur's monuments reinforced an age old saying

Was the emperor Humayun murdered?

The red tower where the second Gurkani emperor Humayun met his end.

Honouring the brave.

A war memorial that records the names of soldiers who fought in the world wars

Bringing back the herds.

Once found in great numbers, the Swamp Deer is now an endangered species

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Wars of Humayun.

A list of battles of the second Gurkani emperor Humayun.

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How the Bengal army came to be an army of robust Sepoys.

Delving into the fascination of populating the Bengal army with impressive Prussian type native Sepoys.

Why Indian Sepoys had preferred to enlist in the armies of the East India Company, between the 17th-18th century.

In the 17th century, monthly payments made service in the Bengal army a great attraction.

And it took a mutiny to change policing: Why after the Mutiny of 1857, the old Kotwali system was replaced.

A vintage photo from 1900, and why policing changed in British India, from the Kotwali system of the Mughals.

The death of Charlotte Chambers during the Mutiny of 1857.

During the mutiny of 1857 the gruesome and ritualistic murder of Charlotte Chambers was a rallying call.