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Ghanta Ghar (other)
Ghanta Ghar literally means ''Hour House'' in Hindi–Urdu, implying ''Clock House'' or ''Clock tower''. There are several Ghanta Ghars in India, Nepal and Pakistan. :India : :* Ghantaghar in the center of Chandni Chowk, Delhi :* Ghanta Ghar (Jodhpur) in Jodhpur, Rajasthan :* Ghanta Ghar, Mirzapur :Nepal : :* Ghanta Ghar (Nepal) :Pakistan : :* Ghanta Ghar (Multan) in Punjab, Pakistan :* Cunningham Clock Tower in Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan :* Ghanta Ghar (Faisalabad) The Faisalabad Clock Tower is a clock tower in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, and is one of the oldest monuments still standing in its original state from the period of the British Raj. It was built in 1905 by the British, when they ruled much of t ... in Punjab, Pakistan :* Clock Tower, Sialkot in Punjab, Pakistan {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi–Urdu
Hindustani (; Devanagari: , * * * * ; Perso-Arabic: , , ) is the ''lingua franca'' of Northern and Central India and Pakistan. Hindustani is a pluricentric language with two standard registers, known as Hindi and Urdu. Thus, the language is sometimes called Hindi–Urdu. Despite these standard registers, colloquial speech in Hindustani often exists on a spectrum between these standards. Ancestors of the language were known as ''Hindui'', ''Hindavi'', ''Zabān-e Hind'' (), ''Zabān-e Hindustan'' (), ''Hindustan ki boli'' (), Rekhta, and Hindi. Its regional dialects became known as ''Zabān-e Dakhani'' in southern India, ''Zabān-e Gujari'' () in Gujarat, and as ''Zabān-e Dehlavi'' or Urdu around Delhi. It is an Indo-Aryan language, deriving its base primarily from the Western Hindi dialect of Delhi, also known as Khariboli. Hindustani is a pluricentric language, best characterised as a continuum between two standardised registers: Modern Standard Hindi and Modern St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
