The other minar
Hindustan Times Gurugram|December 12, 2024
A lesser-known stone tower
Mayank Austen Soofi
The other minar

One tower is in south Delhi. It came up in early 13th century. The whole world knows of it. After all, Qutub Minar is a UNESCO World Heritage monument, the first great experiment in Indo-Islamic architecture.

The other red sandstone tower came up 600 years later, in north Delhi. The world doesn't know it that well.

Originally, it was called the Mutiny Memorial; the neo-Gothic minar is tall, tapering, speckled with long, lancet windows.

The British-era red sandstone tower stands atop a hilly ridge, amid dense greenery of trees and bushes.

It is arrayed on all sides with marble plaques. The inscriptions on the white slabs summon up a significant segment of recent Indian history.

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