Chandni Chowk – Some History (The Prequel)

Fine, I decided to lift the history bit of Chandni Chowk from a dear friend’s blog. I know she wont mind, will you babe? *Sheepish (and I hope, irresistibly cute) smile*

".... Chandhini chowk is 350 year old trading centre that was originally built as an accompaniment to the Red fort. it was designed by Emperor Shahjahan's budding interiour designer daughter jahanara because nobody else would probably give her a job. A large chowk( Square) with a central pool was built ...it was named after the moon "chandni" and called the moonlit square becaue the moon would shimmer in the water...so pretty!! yes ...those were the days...soon after this area had water problems and jahanara's pretty pool transformed into a useful canal connecting the fort and fathehpuri mosque. it pretty much died a little later...but it can actually provide water to the whole of old delhi if put to good use..."

"Chandni chowk is in fact famous for its food...which can be traced back to the 17th century!!...there is a sweet shop that is 200 years old... Chandni chowk is in fact the birth place of chat...because when the canal was dying, it was the hot bed for disease which is why the emperor 's main physician at the time asked the local folks to have a lot of chilli stuff..with loads of herbs and so was born chat!!"