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unusual facts about Old Delhi



Indraprastha College for Women

Origins of IP College lie in the Indraprastha Girls School, which was founded in 1904, at the call of noted freedom fighter, educationist and theosophist Annie Besant by a group of Delhi theosophists, led by Lala Jugal Kishore, in Chhipiwara, Old Delhi.

Muslim Dhobi

The Sheri trace their origin to Old Delhi, while the Agharia are originally from villages near Meerut and Hapur.


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Manoj Srivastava

Manoj Srivastava aka Robbin was born and brought up in old Delhi, south of the famous Jama Masjid as the eldest of three brothers.