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Zeenat-ul Masjid (Ghata Masjid), Delhi
April 30, 1707
Delhi Archives
Religion and Festival
Shah Alam Bahadur Shah I 1707–1712
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Zeenat-ul Masjid also commonly known as Ghata Masjid (cloud mosque) was built in the year 1707 AD by Zinat-ul-Nissa, Aurangzeb's second daughter, and is located in Daryaganj, Delhi.
A few years after the siege of Delhi in 1857, the Hindustan British Government gave the charge of this mosque to Anjuman Muayyed-ul-Islam for its maintenance and protection, later it was taken over by the Sunni Majlis-E-Awakf.
The mosque is like a miniature version of Jama Masjid and remains in acceptable condition even today.
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