The lost history of 1857 runs through Delhi’s villages
To view the events of 1857 only through Old Delhi is to miss the rural geography that sustained it. Delhi’s villages sustained the Mughal capital. Places such as Mehrauli, Najafgarh, Narela, Bawana, Ballabhgarh, Gurgaon, Sonipat, Ghaziabad, Chandrawal, …