This document summarizes a student project that surveyed and documented information about historical monuments in Delhi that have been neglected or forgotten. It provides details of 5 monuments studied - Lal Gumbad, Khirki Masjid, Bara Gumbad, Iron Pillar, and Yusuf Qattal. It notes that the project helped the students learn about Delhi's glorious past and the importance of preserving its cultural heritage. It concludes by requesting that the Archaeological Survey of India make extra efforts to maintain and restore all of Delhi's historical sites.

1. HIGHLIGHT
ON OUR
FORGOTTEN GLORIES
LOAM

3.  ABHISHEK ANAND - 9157592
 AMAR KUMAR - 9157593
 AKSHAY BHATIA - 9157604
 ANUBHAV - 9157594
 SOURABH - 9157602

4.  ABHISHEK ANAND - LEADER
 AMAR KUMAR - VICE LEADER
 AKSHAY BHATIA - CHIEF ADVISOR
 ANUBHAV - ADVISOR
 SOURABH KATARIA - MEMBER

7.  This project will be very useful for us as well as asi.
 In this project we highlight all the problems that is
related to our historical monument and in delhi `and in
last also write their solutions also highlight the
canolition of them
 We hope when an organisation office studies this
project he wil get more information and see the
actual condition of the monument .
 For spread awareness
 Prepared cd & sent it into media
 Document is also sent some of the high officials of
delhi government.

8. LAL GUMBAD

9. DATE OF SURVEY
8-SEPT-2013 SUNDAY LAL GUMBAD

10. SOURCE
BOOK
GROUP SURVEY
NEWSPAPER
INTERNET
GOOGLE
WIKIPEDIA

11. NAME – LAL GUMBAD
(RAKABWALA GUMBAD)
TIME - 1397
MEMORIAL OF
SHAIKH KABIR-UD-DIN-
AULIYA
STRUCTURE – SQUARE
SHAPED TOMB, TOPPED WITH
PLASTER DOME
INSIDE THE TOMB THERE ARE 9 TOMBSTONES, THE
MAIN ONE BEING IS THE SUFI SAINT.
Present condition :
There are iron rings on the western wall of tomb.
The alternate name of this tomb came about due to golden final it was said to be
once an ornamented with many years ago but which was later stolen by thieves.

12.  IT IS ONE OF THE MANY GRAND PIECES
OF ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE THAT
BEUTIFULLY ADORN THE CITY OF DELHI
 LAL GUMBAD IS THE TOMB OF SHAIKH
KABIR-UD-DIN AULIYA WHO WAS BURIED
HERE IN 1397 DURING THE PRE-MUGHAL
ERA
 THE LAL GUMBAD IS NAME SO BECAUSE
OF THE BRIGHT RED COLOUR OF THE
MONUMENT BUT NOW THE CONDITION
IS VERY CHANGE

14. KHIRKI MASJID
• SURVEY
9-AUG-2013 FRIDAY - 31-AUG 2013 SATURDAY

15. HISTORY
• KHIRKI PREFIXED TO MASJID IS AN URDU
WORD THAT MEANS THE “MASJID OF
WINDOW”
• BUILT - 1351-54
• ARCHITECT- KHAN-I-JAHAN JUNAN SHAH
• ARCHITECTURAL STYLE – TUGHLUQID
• ARCHITECTURAL TYPE - MOSQUE

17.  The imortance of khirki masjid
architectural elegance has been
considered precursor to the intensely
metaphorical mughal archtecture
(1526-1857) with lodhi periods (1451
-1526)architecture

18. WORKS OF THE KHIRKI
MOSQUE DONE BY ASI ,
WHICH CONVERTED
INTO PINK MONUMENT.
IT IS ONE OF THE 43 MONUMENTS IDENTIFIED BY THE ASI FOR
RESTORATION BEFORE 2010 COMMON WEALTH GAMES

19. SURVEY
12 OCT. 2013, SATURDAY – 31ST OCT. 2013

20. HISTORY

21. LOCATION

22. SURVEY
10 – NOV – 2013 SUNDAY
30 – NOV – 2013 SATURDAY

23. HISTORY

24. ARCHITECTURE

25. RESTORATION
• The ASI has recently carried out restoration
work .
• This restoration now permit Acces to the
wide parapet of the bridge to fully view the
impressive engeneering structure.
• The restoration works carried out by asi for
specially identified monuments .With slogan
“welcome to historical city of delhi”
adopted by commonwealth secretiariat

26. YUSUF QATTAL
SURVEY
8 –DEC- 2013 - SUNDAY
24 – DEC -2013 - TUE

27. LOCATION

29. CONCLUSION
• After Completion Of this Project We Learnt a Lot Of
things .It is Very Useful to us
• This Project is useful to Know Our Forgotten Glorious ,
Which Were the Famous and Cultures Sites in the Past
.But At Present this is Going towards Ruins.
• Archeologist Survey Of India is Doing Work For
Maintenance and Repairing Of Historical Sites .But
Some Monument is Missed From the Eye Of ASI. It is
Very Sadly to Say that Which Known, they are also
not in proper Condition.
• So ,our team members are requesting the ASI please
do extra effort to save Historical Sites.