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In 1612 AD Mughal emperor Jahangir granted permission to Portuguese to build a church at Ahmedabad in his Gujarat Province & ordered his Gujarat officials not to obstruct its construction.Mughal period painting of Jahangir with a portrait of Mother Mary.
192 years old colour painting of crowd in Thatheri (brass utensil workers) Bazar at Varanasi/Kashi/Benares in Uttar Pradesh was painted by George White in 1829 AD.#Varanasi is one of the oldest cities in the world.
143 years old painting of Jyotirlinga Shiva temple of Kashi Vishwanath temple at Varanasi/Kashi/Benares in UP was painted by a British lady tourist artist Marianne in 1878 AD. #Varanasi is one of the oldest cities in the world.
14th century famous Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta (1304-1369) spent 14 years in Delhi in service of Sultan Muhammed Tughluq as Kazi. He described India. As per his notings, Sultan Muhammed Tughluq had great respect & honour for Hindu Yogis-monks. Yogis accompanied Sultan always.
154 years old painting of Sikh Granthi (priest) reading Guru Granth Sahib (sacred book of Sikhs) in Golden Temple-Harimandir Sahib at Amritsar in Punjab was painted in 1867 AD.
154 years old painting of Akali Sikh at Holy Tank in Golden Temple-Harimandir Sahib of Amritsar in Punjab was painted in 1867 AD.
Portuguese governor Joao de Castro (15oo-1548) was cruel in his duty for his king but in his personal life he was kind,religious,orator,writer & lover of nature,history & science.He introduced orange tree to Europe & researched in magnetism.He measured & described Elephanta caves
212 years old Patna style colour painting of Durga Pooja was painted by Sevakram in 1809 AD.
From today, we shall repeat our old tweets in thread form on the history of the brave Vagher community of Dwarka, Jamnagar & Kutch disrticts of Gujarat. In middle age, many Vagher families adopted Islam and became Muslim Vagher.
135 years old painting of Verinag spring which is a major source of Jhelum river in #Kashmir was painted in 1886 AD.
#WorldRiversDay