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Highlights include Adham Khan's Tomb, Alai Darwaza, Alai Minar, Chausath Khamba, From Dariba Kalan to the steps of Jama Masjid, Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib.

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  1. Adham Khan's Tomb: story on the “From Qutb Minar to Mehrauli: power, building projects, and remaking” route

    The final stop shows how a large funerary building could simultaneously express mercy and separation from honored burial grounds.

  2. Alai Darwaza: story on the “From Qutb Minar to Mehrauli: power, building projects, and remaking” route

    The only completed gate marks the boundary of a courtyard that was never fully built.

  3. Alai Minar: story on the “From Qutb Minar to Mehrauli: power, building projects, and remaking” route

    The unfinished core preserves the precise moment when the attempt to surpass Qutb Minar came to a halt.

  4. Chausath Khamba: story on the “Nizamuddin: From the Basti to Mughal Gardens” route

    The white hall will connect a court murder, a separated family, and the choice of a site beside the dargah.

  5. From Dariba Kalan to the steps of Jama Masjid: story on the “Shahjahanabad: Red Fort, Shrines, and Bazaars” route

    The final stretch restores to the shopping street the memory of the day when jewelers became participants in an uprising.

  6. Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib: story on the “Shahjahanabad: Red Fort, Shrines, and Bazaars” route

    Here, the route shows how an execution site became a shrine and why memory is divided between two places.

  7. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah: story on the “Nizamuddin: From the Basti to Mughal Gardens” route

    This stop will show what happened to the teacher's request for a simple burial and why qawwali is heard nearby.

  8. Humayun's Tomb: story on the “Nizamuddin: From the Basti to Mughal Gardens” route

    The imperial necropolis would become the place where one dynasty's power ended, but not all of its graves were gathered there.

  9. India Gate: story on the “Kartavya Path: From Rashtrapati Bhavan to the War Memorials” route

    The arch will show how an imperial ceremony tried to represent a huge army through one unnamed participant.

  10. Isa Khan's Tomb: story on the “Nizamuddin: From the Basti to Mughal Gardens” route

    The inscription preserves the name of the sultan whose side the courtier chose in the succession dispute.

  11. Jamali Kamali: story on the “From Qutb Minar to Mehrauli: power, building projects, and remaking” route

    The complex tells of a poet who outlived changing courts but returned here only after his death.

  12. Kartavya Path: story on the “Kartavya Path: From Rashtrapati Bhavan to the War Memorials” route

    The avenue would become the setting for the first day of independence, when the public disrupted the ceremony's carefully prepared order.

  13. Lahori Gate of the Red Fort: story on the “Shahjahanabad: Red Fort, Shrines, and Bazaars” route

    Here you will see how the struggle for the throne changed the very approach to the imperial residence.

  14. National War Memorial: story on the “Kartavya Path: From Rashtrapati Bhavan to the War Memorials” route

    The final stop will exchange grand state symbols for a single granite plaque and a family visit almost half a century later.

  15. Netaji Statue: story on the “Kartavya Path: From Rashtrapati Bhavan to the War Memorials” route

    Changing the figure beneath the canopy links the failed march on Delhi with the trial that changed the fate of the captured commanders.

  16. Nizamuddin Basti: story on the “Nizamuddin: From the Basti to Mughal Gardens” route

    Here you will learn how refusing a regular income created a place of food, shelter, and a new settlement around the khanqah.

  17. North and South Secretariat Blocks: story on the “Kartavya Path: From Rashtrapati Bhavan to the War Memorials” route

    The steepness of the road will reveal the architectural mistake that broke up the friendship between the two creators of New Delhi.

  18. Paranthe Wali Gali: story on the “Shahjahanabad: Red Fort, Shrines, and Bazaars” route

    The lane will show how a family trade changes urban place names.

  19. Quli Khan's Tomb (Dilkusha): story on the “From Qutb Minar to Mehrauli: power, building projects, and remaking” route

    The empty central hall will show how the tomb was turned into a country residence and then cleared again.

  20. Qutb Minar: story on the “From Qutb Minar to Mehrauli: power, building projects, and remaking” route

    The tower will show how a symbol of Ghurid victory became a monument to the independent Delhi Sultanate.

  21. Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque and the Iron Pillar: story on the “From Qutb Minar to Mehrauli: power, building projects, and remaking” route

    The courtyard reveals how the new mosque brought together temple stone, the work of local craftsmen, and an ancient royal emblem.

  22. Rajon Ki Baoli: story on the “From Qutb Minar to Mehrauli: power, building projects, and remaking” route

    The steps and living quarters explain why this abandoned water complex received the name of anonymous masons.

  23. Rashtrapati Bhavan and Jaipur Column: story on the “Kartavya Path: From Rashtrapati Bhavan to the War Memorials” route

    The palace approach will show how a man without office or an army achieved a conversation as an equal with a representative of the empire.

  24. Sabz Burj: story on the “Nizamuddin: From the Basti to Mughal Gardens” route

    Here, restoration becomes an investigation: some later layers will have to be removed, while genuine losses must not be concealed.

  25. Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir: story on the “Shahjahanabad: Red Fort, Shrines, and Bazaars” route

    This stop connects a trading community at the Mughal court with a temple and a bird hospital.

  26. Sunder Nursery Park: story on the “Nizamuddin: From the Basti to Mughal Gardens” route

    The park will show how one project combined a working nursery, old tombs, and new public spaces.

  27. Sunderwala Burj: story on the “Nizamuddin: From the Basti to Mughal Gardens” route

    The final stop will explain why the restored inscription speaks of faith but does not name the person buried here.

  28. Tomb of Iltutmish: story on the “From Qutb Minar to Mehrauli: power, building projects, and remaking” route

    This stop connects the sultan's burial with his children's struggle for the right to have their name spoken in the Friday prayer.

  29. Vijay Chowk: story on the “Kartavya Path: From Rashtrapati Bhavan to the War Memorials” route

    The square links the cautious renaming of the imperial capital with the republic's annual military ritual.