The young Bhopalites took a walk through of the rich heritage of Bhopal city. The young Bhopalites explored the history of erstwhile Bhopal through a Heritage Walk held here on Sunday.
The walk was organized by the Civil Services Club. As many as 40 students of BSSS, Excellence College and MANIT participated in the heritage walk. The Civil Services Club has been organizing this walk every year since 2014. This Sunday it was the sixth Heritage Walk organised by the club.
Popular storyteller and young historian Sikandar Malik played the role of 'guide' in this walk. The walk started at 7 am from Shitaladas Ki Bagia. Then the participants walked through Rani Kamalapati Palace, Moti Masjid, Iqbal Maidan and ended the walk at Sadar Manzil.
During the walk, Sikander told the participants some interesting facts. He said that Raja Bhoj has written a total of 11 books, but in these books, he never wrote anything about Bhopal. Next he told that Bhopal was a Muslim state but never had a Muslim Prime Minister. All the ministers to Nawabs and Begums were non-Muslims.
He also told the participants that the statue of Raja Bhoj has been set up on the turret of Fatehgarh Fort; this fort was called Fatehgarh which was in the name of Fateh-Begum, wife of Dost Muhammad.
Mahant Sheetaladas introduced Rani Kamalapati to Dost Muhammad and mediated between them. There were many sparrows in Bhopal earlier as to feed the bird was among daily routine of Bhopalites. When the Prince of Wales saw a woman governing the throne, she said, 'I am feeling that I am watching an Arabian night'.
On reaching Sadar Manzil Sikandar Malik, asked all the participants to open YouTube on their mobiles. Then, asked them to search 'Pataudi Royal Wedding' Bhopal on it. The video that was shown to YouTube was a video of the marriage of 'Senior Pataudi' in Sadar Manzil. It was a wondrous experience for the youngsters to be a part of such walk.