Dastaan-E-1857: Tracing the First War of Independence in Dilli!!

Date and Time: Sunday, 28 January 2024, 9:30am to 12:30pmAdd to Calendar 28/01/2024 09:30 28/01/2024 12:30 Asia/Kolkata Dastaan-E-1857: Tracing the First War of Independence in Dilli!! Must check for Details and on Event day before visiting -
https://www.delhievents.com/2024/01/walk-dastaan-1857-war-independence-delhibyfoot-adventures-kashmere-gate.html Kashmere Gate, New Delhi, IndiaDD/MM/YYYY

Entry: Tickets priced at ₹850/- per participant inclusive of an Old Delhi Breakfast!!, Available at: my.allevents.in/Dastaan-e-1857

Note: Final details like meeting point etc will be mailed once you register.

Young walkers between 8 to 12 and enthusiastic Sr Citizens pay 50%

Contact: 

Call: +91-62667-66967 (Mariyam) for any discounts/issues/doubts faced and you can also call +91-98711-81775 (Ramit) for any further queries

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Venue: Kashmere Gate, New Delhi, India

Note: The exact meeting point will be mailed after registration only.

Event Description: Dastaan-E-1857: Tracing the First War of Independence in Dilli!! With Ramit Mitra 

Many years ago, India became an independent nation! The sweet result of years of struggle sacrifices and India's unbroken spirit. 

Many historians believe that this process began with what they call the first war of Indian independence. A landmark event took place in Delhi and parts of northern India. The first large-scale revolt triggered a precursor to the million mutinies, small or big, leading to #Independence in 1947..... many years later, when the English finally left our country's shores...

On this Republic Day weekend, let the storytellers of DelhiByFoot... Adventures Unlimited!!! take you back to the tumultuous months of May till September 1857 in Dilli... And relive the 5-month battle that saw Delhi, the capital of the crumbling almost non-existent Mughal Empire thrust into prominence and "Chalo Dilli" becoming the rally for mutineers & civilians from all over Northern India!

Hear tales of courage, fool-hardy bravado and of bloody massacres that leave your pulse racing; stories that examine an alternate narrative of the stories of 1857; lesser-known tales which galvanized generations to come; as we take you around a walk to some of the prominent & strategically significant spots related to the Revolt in Delhi on our specially curated walk.

HIGHLIGHTS: 

1) The heritage walk/talk covers one of Delhi’s major fort entrances that saw pitched fighting.

2) Memorials erected in the memory of Indian & British soldiers who lost their lives and a beautiful 19th century church, which was crucial on 11th & 12th May 1857.

3) Learn why #Dilli was so important to both Indian Rebel Sepoys & the English who fought for supremacy 161 yrs ago.

4) Garrison/Armoury & Telegraph Office of British in 1857

5) Examine the revolt's aftermath and how it changed the cultural & social fabric of Dilli.

The walk presentation will be done in a mix of Hindi/Urdu and British English!!

Walk Leader: Ramit Mitra, co-founder of DelhiByFoot Adventures, is a true-blue Dilliwallah who loves to savour all that Delhi has to offer. He has always been passionate about three things - people, history, and food; and Delhi amply rewards him in all three aspects! So after 12 years of being a corporate warrior, he set out to combine his three loves to create DelhiByFoot and tell stories of his city and country. Ramit writes regularly for online & print media on topics ranging from the lesser-known history of monuments & the history of food.

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