Inventory of Historic Properties
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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi -110 001 www.ignca.gov.in Documentation format for Archaeological and Heritage Sites/Monuments Serial No.: sd127gmj0001 SECTION I : IDENTIFICATION 1.Name Present Grave of Mirza Jahangir _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Past ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Other Name (if any) ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 2. Location LONGITUDE 77◦ 14’ E LATTITUDE 28◦ 35’ N Address ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Village (village code) ______________________________ Post _________________ District South Delhi State Delhi PIN 110013 Approach ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ 3.Property Type Buildings Religious structures Other Structures Palace Temple Wall Fort Mosque Gateway Citadel Minar Pillar Govt. building Church Others (specify) Railway station Monastery Defence building Stupa Industrial building Tomb, Mausoleum ___________________ Other public buildings ___________________ Residential building Open space and related ___________________ structures ___________________ Engineering structure Public square ___________________ Bridge Park or garden ___________________ Tunnel Graveyard Other engineering Baolis, Well structure Tank Cave Page 1/5 4.Property Use ABANDONED / IN USE Present ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Past ______________________________________________________ 5. Age (Source) PERIOD YEARS Precise date of Construction AD 1821 Completion Subsequent changes Destruction / Demolition 6. Ownership / Level of Protection SINGLE /MULTIPLE Public Archaeological Survey of India / State Archaeology Department / Any Other (Please specify) __________________________________ Private _________________________________________________________ Any other (Please specify) _______________________________________________ Name _________________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Phone _________________________________________________________ 7. Association • WITH EVENTS In History In Rituals In Building Construction Any other (specify) •WITH PERSONS Patron Architect / Engineer Any other (specify) 8. Statement of Significance Architectural Archaeological Historical Religious Page 2/5 Any other (specify) Mirza Jahangir was the eldest son of late Mughal emperor Akbar II. After being imprisoned for having fired pistol at Mr. Seton, the Resident at Delhi, he died at Khusro Bagh, Allahabad in AD. 1821 and his remains were first interred there but were subsequently brought to Delhi. SECTION II: DESCRIPTION 9. Physical Description and Decorative Features ______________________________ Context * Drawings (Attach extra sheet if necessary) Urban / Rural Setting Surroundings Stand in Isolation Integral part of a Landscape / Street / Complex • Quantification Area Dimension ( L x B x H) _______________________________________ ___________________ (m / cm/ feet / inch) Number of Blocks _______________________________________ Number of Storys _______________________________________ • Spatial Organization Orientation ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Plan ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Allocation of Spaces ___________________________________________________ ARCHITECTURAL STYLE • Ornamentation Exteriors The marble grave of Mirza jahangor, profusely decorated with flora carvings, bears the takhti, the emblem of woman's grave. Interiors _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Movable Collections _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Any Other (specify) _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 10. Construction Technology______________________________________ _________ Structural System ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Building Techniques __________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Page 3/5 Material of Construction Marble 11. Condition Assessment In General Good / Fair Sign of Deterioration Serious Deterioration Danger of Disappearance In Brief (Attach extra sheet if necessary) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 12.Threats to the Property Natural Negligence Vandalism Urban Pressures Page 4/5 SECTION III: REFERENCES 13. Reference Sources (published and unpublished textual details) Inventory of Monuments and Sites of National Importance, ASI 14. Photographs (attach list as in page 6, in case of multiple photographs) Photo Reference __________________________________ CAPTION __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ 15. Audio / Video (related to rituals / performance / festivals etc.) Reference __________________________________ DESCRIPTION __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ 16. Maps/Plans/Drawings 17. Listers NAME Ankita Vats NAME Bharti Pandey NAME Tripta Sharma 18.Reviewers NAME _________________________ NAME __________________ COMMENTS_______________________ COMMENTS _________________ Page 5/5 .