"Colonel Tod supposed that the building was a Jain temple which was converted into a mosque by the early Mussalman invaders, while General Cunningham supposed that it was built in two and-a-half days, as its name implies, of the spoils of Hindu temples demolished by the bigotry of the conquerors."
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Har Bilas Sarda
1867 – 1955
Har Bilas Sarda (1867-1955) was an Indian academic, judge and politician. He is best known for having introduced the Child Marriage Restraint Act (1929).
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