Famous Tourist Places in India

                                        Connaught Place  Connaught Place About About Connaught Place is one of the largest financial, commercial and business centers in New Delhi, India. It is often abbreviated as CP and houses the headquarters of several noted Indian firms. The main commercial area of the new city, New Delhi, during the erstwhile British Raj, its environs occupy a place of pride in the city and are counted among the top heritage structures in New Delhi. It was developed as a showpiece of Lutyens' Delhi with a prominent Central Business District. Named after Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, construction work began in 1929 and was completed in 1933. A metro railway station built under it is named Rajiv Chowk  (after Rajiv Gandhi). History   Prior to the construction of Connaught Place, the area was a ridge, covered with  kikar  trees and populated with jackals and wild pigs. Residents of the Kashmere Gate, Civil Lines area

                                   Jama Masjid(New Delhi) Jama Masjid About The Masjid I Jahan Numa(World-reflecting Mosque), commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is one of the largest mosques in India. About It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1644 and 1656 at a cost of 1 million rupees and was inaugurated by an Imam from Bhukhara, present-day Uzbekistan. The mosque was completed in 1656 AD with three great gates, four towers and two 40 m high Minarets constructed of strips of Red Sandstone and white marble. The courtyard can accommodate more than 25,000 persons. There are three domes on the terrace which are flanked by the two minarets. On the floor, a total of 899 black borders are marked for worshippers. The architectural plan of Badshahi Masjid, built by Shah Jahan's son Aurangzeb at Lahore, Pakistan, is similar to the Jama Masjid, Delhi. The mosque has been the site of two attacks, one in 2006 and another in 2010. During the first, two