The statement illuminates a presumption of British cultural supremacy in the colonial era. Baker, who joined Lutyens in Delhi to design the Secretariat Buildings and Parliament House, wrote separately ...

The British, in the early 20th century ... including Tughlaqabad during the Delhi Sultanate, Shahjahanabad during the Mughal era, Purana Qila, which saw both the Sultanate and Mughal influences ...

Large parts of today’s Delhi grew out of the refugee camps that sprung up along its limits 69 years ago. In 1942, little existed beyond Civil Lines, a British-era neighborhood known for its “E ...