The haveli of Mughal fireworks in Chandni Chowk
Delhi did have fire-crackers much more than 200 years ago and Haider Quli, the artillery chief, made good use of them at his haveli, now lying deserted.
Delhi did have fire-crackers much more than 200 years ago and Haider Quli, the artillery chief, made good use of them at his haveli, now lying deserted.
Shopkeepers, among them grain sellers specially, are often accused of cheating by giving short weight. Nadir Shah’s 1739 massacre in…