In an interview with www.lifeandmore.in, actor PREETI JHANGIANI tells Saurabh Tankha as to how she and her actor-husband PARVIN DABBAS went about organising the first-ever Pro Panja League “Panja ladayega? (ready for arm wrestling?)” — the image of yesteryear comedienne Tuntun sitting on a cot and posing this question to tragedy king Dilip Kumar is still as […]Read More
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Formerly known as Ballabhgarh Metro Station, Raja Nahar Singh Metro Station is the terminating station on the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro. The station is named after martyr Raja Nahar Singh. A Jat king of the princely state of Ballabhgarh in Faridabad district of Haryana, the forefathers Raja Nahar Singh (1823-1858) were Jats from Tewatia gotra who had built a fort in Faridabad around 1739. He was involved in the First War of Indian Independence in […]Read More
Located on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro, Chawri Bazar is an underground station and was inaugurated on July 3, 2005 as part of the Kashmere Gate-Central Secretariat corridor. Chawri Bazar was established in 1840 as a hardware market. It was, in fact, the first wholesale market of Old Delhi. It lies to the west of Jama Masjid in Delhi. It was once known for […]Read More
Located on the Red Line of the Delhi Metro in Sahibabad Industrial area of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Major Mohit Sharma (Rajendra Nagar) Metro Station is named after Major Mohit Sharma who was martyred in the Kupwara Operation on March 21, 2009. Major Sharma’s unit was deployed in the Kupwara district of J&K and was engaged in operations against the terrorists on […]Read More
The Khan Market Metro Station was opened with the first section of the Violet Line on October 3, 2010 in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony the same day. It is situated right next to Khan Market, one of the most expensive shopping markets in the world. Established in 1951, Khan Market has been named in the honour […]Read More
Located on the Red, Yellow and Violet Lines of the Delhi Metro, Kashmere Gate is a transfer station between the Red Line on the highest upper level, the Yellow Line on the lowest underground level and Violet Line on the parallel underground level. Named Kashmere Gate Metro Station on December 25, 2002, it is the busiest metro station in India and is the largest metro station […]Read More
Located on the Red Line of the Delhi Metro, the Pul Bangash Metro Station has been named after the first nawab of Farrukhabad, Muhammad Khan Bangash. Farrukhabad is situated on the banks of River Ganga in the state of Uttar Pradesh, around 340 km from Delhi and around 200 km from Lucknow. Pul Bangash or […]Read More
Located on the Green Line of the Delhi Metro, the Satguru Ram Singh Marg Metro Station on this section was opened on August 27, 2011 along with Kirti Nagar. Ram Singh Kuka, also known as Sant Ram Singh, is credited as being the first Indian to use non-cooperation and boycott of British merchandise and services as a political weapon. He was born to Sada Kaur […]Read More
Located in the West Delhi district of Delhi, Surajmal Stadium lies on the Green Line of the Delhi Metro. This elevated station was inaugurated on April 2, 2010. Born in February 1707, Maharaja Suraj Mal or Sujan Singh was a Hindu Jat ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan. The Jat rule under him covered the present-day districts of Agra, Aligarh, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Etawa, Gurgaon, Hathras, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mewat, Meerut, Rewari […]Read More
Team L&M This station is Akshardham. Doors will open on the left. Please mind the gap… For the last 25 years and more, you have heard an announcement like this before the Metro pulls into a station. But have you ever thought on how and why that station has been named so? We tell you […]Read More