Some interesting tidbits about Delhi. Let's take the origin of the names of Delhi's markets.
(a) INA Market. Is not named after the Indian National Army. It's actually named after a private
airline, the Indian National Airways, that was later nationalised and became part of the Indian
Airlines.
(b) Khan Market. Is named after Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan's brother, Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan.
Ghaffar market is the one named after the Frontier Gandhi.
(c) Bengali Market. Is named after Lala Bengali Mal Lohia who built the place and had no
connection with Bengal or Bengalis.
(d) Mehrchand Market and Khanna Market. Separated by a few hundred yards, are named after
one person : Mehrchand Khanna, who was rehabilitation minister after independence.
(e) GB Road. Isn't Gandhi Baba Road. Named after a British officer Garstin Bastion.
Other interesting information.
* What's more, the famous Pandara Road was actually Pandava Road. It was a clerk misreading
while copying it that led to the current name.
* Rai Sina village and surrounding areas were cleared to make way for Viceroy House. The villages
were resettled under the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Young. The name of the new colony?
Youngpura ----today's Jungpura.
* * *
A Few Sunny Predictions In These Gloomy Days.
(a) By June, India will be the first country to be freed from the clutches of this pandemic.
(b) Our lock down, hot weather and our higher immunity levels will see us through.
(c) We will be the largest exporter of medicines and the world will look to us for regular supplies
of BCG vaccines, anti-malarial drug Hydroxy Chloroquinine, etc.
(d) Manufacturing facilities will be set up in India, by corporations from all over the world. 100 US
and 200 Japanese companies are already leaving China. India will become the hub for
manufacture of every item from mobile phones to pharmaceuticals. The biggest and the best
brands will realise that the Indian people are honest, hard working, talented and reliable and
were underrated so far.
(e) Unemployment levels will go down.
(f) Our vegetarian cuisine will be appreciated more and more.
(g) People will queue up before Indian consulates all over the world and visas for visiting India will
issued after a 3-week gap after testing them. People will come here for tourism, wellness and the
sunshine.
(h) Our medical facilities will be appreciated for their easy availability, quickness and price
efficiency.
(j) Ayurveda and Naturopathy will also become very popular. Yoga and Pranayamam teachers will
be in great demand. After all, the best remedy for fibrosis is exercising the lungs using specific
Asanas and Pranayamam.
(k) The best Indian brains who have migrated abroad will also be happy to return to their healthy
and prosperous home country. Their salaries also will be affordable due to increased production
and GDP. Make in India will soon be a reality.
(l) The Minorities will realise that they have always lived in the best country in the world and they
had failed to guide their brethren and were exploited as a vote bank all these years. They will,
realise that they themselves are to be blamed for their backwardness and they will start joining
the Indian mainstream and participate in India's rapid growth.
(m) Tourists will not only flock from India but from all over the world and discover that the prettiest
sights in the world are not in Paris or Switzerland. Indian temples and historic sights will be
world famous.
(n) 2020 will be a turning point in the history of the world. From here, it will be India all the way
into the future. Our next generation will be more prosperous.
Indians will be the most optimistic people in the world. We will see the fabled "Sone ki chidia"
(Golden Bird) again in India, soon, in the next 3 years or so.
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, the chores and was ready on time. Spoke to Ramadasan kochachhan, at Nasik, and pepped him up.
(a) INA Market. Is not named after the Indian National Army. It's actually named after a private
airline, the Indian National Airways, that was later nationalised and became part of the Indian
Airlines.
(b) Khan Market. Is named after Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan's brother, Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan.
Ghaffar market is the one named after the Frontier Gandhi.
(c) Bengali Market. Is named after Lala Bengali Mal Lohia who built the place and had no
connection with Bengal or Bengalis.
(d) Mehrchand Market and Khanna Market. Separated by a few hundred yards, are named after
one person : Mehrchand Khanna, who was rehabilitation minister after independence.
(e) GB Road. Isn't Gandhi Baba Road. Named after a British officer Garstin Bastion.
Other interesting information.
* What's more, the famous Pandara Road was actually Pandava Road. It was a clerk misreading
while copying it that led to the current name.
* Rai Sina village and surrounding areas were cleared to make way for Viceroy House. The villages
were resettled under the Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Young. The name of the new colony?
Youngpura ----today's Jungpura.
* * *
A Few Sunny Predictions In These Gloomy Days.
(a) By June, India will be the first country to be freed from the clutches of this pandemic.
(b) Our lock down, hot weather and our higher immunity levels will see us through.
(c) We will be the largest exporter of medicines and the world will look to us for regular supplies
of BCG vaccines, anti-malarial drug Hydroxy Chloroquinine, etc.
(d) Manufacturing facilities will be set up in India, by corporations from all over the world. 100 US
and 200 Japanese companies are already leaving China. India will become the hub for
manufacture of every item from mobile phones to pharmaceuticals. The biggest and the best
brands will realise that the Indian people are honest, hard working, talented and reliable and
were underrated so far.
(e) Unemployment levels will go down.
(f) Our vegetarian cuisine will be appreciated more and more.
(g) People will queue up before Indian consulates all over the world and visas for visiting India will
issued after a 3-week gap after testing them. People will come here for tourism, wellness and the
sunshine.
(h) Our medical facilities will be appreciated for their easy availability, quickness and price
efficiency.
(j) Ayurveda and Naturopathy will also become very popular. Yoga and Pranayamam teachers will
be in great demand. After all, the best remedy for fibrosis is exercising the lungs using specific
Asanas and Pranayamam.
(k) The best Indian brains who have migrated abroad will also be happy to return to their healthy
and prosperous home country. Their salaries also will be affordable due to increased production
and GDP. Make in India will soon be a reality.
(l) The Minorities will realise that they have always lived in the best country in the world and they
had failed to guide their brethren and were exploited as a vote bank all these years. They will,
realise that they themselves are to be blamed for their backwardness and they will start joining
the Indian mainstream and participate in India's rapid growth.
(m) Tourists will not only flock from India but from all over the world and discover that the prettiest
sights in the world are not in Paris or Switzerland. Indian temples and historic sights will be
world famous.
(n) 2020 will be a turning point in the history of the world. From here, it will be India all the way
into the future. Our next generation will be more prosperous.
Indians will be the most optimistic people in the world. We will see the fabled "Sone ki chidia"
(Golden Bird) again in India, soon, in the next 3 years or so.
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, the chores and was ready on time. Spoke to Ramadasan kochachhan, at Nasik, and pepped him up.
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