Jama Masjid

Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, also known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is one of India's largest mosques. It was established between 1650 and 1656 by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and dedicated by its first Imam, Syed Abdul Ghafoor Shah Bukhari. It functioned as the imperial mosque of the Mughal emperors until the empire's fall in 1857, and was located in the Mughal capital of Shahjahanabad (now Old Delhi). Long after the colonial era, the Jama Masjid was viewed as a symbol of Islamic dominance in India. It was also a political hotspot throughout several crucial eras of British control.