Archive for February 3rd, 2010

About Mohabat Maqbara

Maqbars – the older complex offers some remarkable 18th century architecture with vertical columns, delicate carved columns, arches, cornices & domes. The newer complex is a remarkable architectural work with four minarets & pirouetting spiral staircase, a facade rich in stone carvings, beautifull silver door & large size domes. A number of Haveli’s are known [...]

Kutiyana in Junagadh

Bantva and Kutiyana – presently part of Indian province of Gujrat were the home towns of the big business magnets of the Memon community in the sub-continent before its partition. When Muslim League decided to launch its own English Daily and constituted a Press Fund in 1940, Quaid-e-Azam visited Kathiawar which included Junagadh and Manavadar [...]

Sakkarbaug Zoo in Junagadh

Officials said the negotiations, under the wild animals exchange scheme, with a Singapore zoo is in the final stages, and the big cats are expected to land here by the end of this year.
Sakkarbaug Zoo superintendent V J Rana said: “If things go smoothly, a pair may arrive here at the end of 2008. The [...]