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Updated: May 9, 2025
They had to drive slower in the Chandni Chowk, for the ancient Street of the Silversmiths that is now the mart of Delhi was ablaze with crude colors, and was thronged with more people than ever since '57. There were a thousand signs worth studying by a man who could read them.
The street known as Chandni Chauk fully sustained its reputation as a shopping centre; it is over a mile in length and is always a scene of sparkle and commotion; on it were the usual bazars, but also many larger stores, as Delhi is considered the finest shopping point in India, particularly in precious stones, jewelry being the commodity most heralded, as we learned to our sorrow.
They reached Yasmini's from the corner farthest from the Chandni Chowk, and sprang out of the carriage the instant that the risaldar drew rein. "Wait within call!" commanded Kirby, and the risaldar raised his whip. Then, with his adjutant at his heels, Colonel Kirby dived through the gloomy opening in a wall that Yasmini devised to look as little like an approach to her or heaven as possible.
Sahib, not more than twenty minutes have elapsed, and I saw this with my own eyes!" "Saw what where?" "Where? Have I not said where? My God, I am so upset as to be losing sense of all proportion! Where? At German place of business Sigelman and Meyer in small street leading out of Chandni Chowk.
Acting on this idea, we one day entered a small Hindoo temple situated not far from the Chandni Chauk. The shrine was gaudily decorated; but after a prolonged search, we found nothing of any value. A hideous idol stood on a raised structure in the centre of the building, and was soon demolished in iconoclastic style with our hammers.
That day and the following night our position in the captured magazine was anything but pleasant. The rebels continually harassed us with shells fired from the Chandni Chauk and near the Palace.
One after one, five other men reported him nearly all the way through Delhi, through the Chandni Chowk where the last man but one nearly lost him in the evening crowd to the narrow place where, with a bend in the street to either hand, is Yasmini's. The last man watched him through Yasmini's outer door and up the lower stairs before hurrying back to the squadron.
This account I have reserved for the last chapter, where full details of the loot of Delhi and the amount of prize-money accruing to the force will be found. September 21. During the 21st I, in company with other officers, wandered over the heart of the city, continuing our perambulations south of the Chandni Chauk and penetrating into streets beyond, where the six days' fighting had taken place.
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