Qissa-e-Hauz Khas: From Khiljis to Tughlaqs

When

Sun, 12 July 2026

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Price

Price TBA

Hauz-i-Alai or Hauz Khas... or HKV, as it’s known today, is Delhi’s OG hub of ‘Glamour’ —home to chic boutiques, quirky cafes, and contemporary art spaces, many of which boast a stunning view over a 14th Century man-made lake and the ruins of a world-famous educational institution, mistaken today by most to be a fort!! But 700 years ago the Hauz-e-Alai, was a marvel of medieval urban planning and water management, deeply intertwined with the rhythms of the Indian monsoon . Commissioned by Sultan Alauddin Khilji in the early 1300s, the lake was a rain-fed reservoir, built to harvest monsoon water for his fort-city of Siri, and to sustain surrounding agrarian communities year-round. One can't talk of Hauz Khas and not talk of Alauddin Khilji—a Sultan remembered in popular culture as the anta