A trip to India`s colonial past

Hampi evoked great curiosity during the colonial period and several British archeologists undertook excavations at the site.

During the British rule, Qutub Minar was repaired in 1828 after the 1803 earthquake damaged the tower.

Like the Qutub Minar, the Char Minar also underwent repairs during the colonial period, but the monument was revamped by the then Nizam of Hyderabad state.

The Jallianwala Bagh witnessed a bloodbath on April 13, 1919, when hundreds of people, who had gathered for Baisakhi, were killed mercilessly by the British

The British used the Red Fort as a garrison after the 1857 First War of Independence