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==History==
==History==
The Ramlila Maidan was originally a large pond before 1930. It was filled up in the early 1930s so that annual [[Ramlila]], held in October, could be shifted here from the ''reti'' (sandy) floodplains of [[Yamuna River]] behind the [[Red Fort]], where Hindu soldiers of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal army]] first started staging the Ramila in the 1800s. Geographically the ground falls between the [[Old Delhi]] and the [[New Delhi]]. The historic [[Turkman Gate]] of the Old city stands nearby, and the ground stretches between Aruna Asaf Ali Marg and [[Chowringhee Road|Jawaharlal Nehru Road]].<ref name="Lutgendorf1991">{{cite book|author=Philip Lutgendorf|title=The Life of a Text: Performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19zvfkwXyzUC&pg=PA253|year=1991|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-06690-8|pages=253–}}</ref><ref name=mint/> It quickly became a popular site for political meetings, with [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Sardar Patel]] and other top nationalist leaders addressing rallies here. A small pond is still there inside the Ramlila ground as a remembrance of its history.
The Ramlila Maidan was originally a large pond before 1930. It was filled up in the early 1930s so that annual [[Ramlila]], held in October, could be shifted here from the ''reti'' (sandy) floodplains of [[Yamuna River]] behind the [[Red Fort]], where Hindu soldiers of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal army]] first started staging the Ramila in the 1800s. Geographically the ground falls between the [[Old Delhi]] and the [[New Delhi]]. The historic [[Turkman Gate]] of the Old city stands nearby, and the ground stretches between Aruna Asaf Ali Marg and [[Chowringhee Road|Jawaharlal Nehru Road]].<ref name="Lutgendorf1991">{{cite book|author=Philip Lutgendorf|title=The Life of a Text: Performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19zvfkwXyzUC&pg=PA253|year=1991|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-06690-8|pages=253–}}</ref><ref name=mint/> It quickly became a popular site for political meetings, with [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Sardar Patel]] and other top nationalist leaders addressing rallies here. A small pond is still there inside the Ramlila ground as a remembrance of its history.

Ramlila hosted here has been frequently visited by the members of the prominent [[Nehru-Gandhi Family]] including [[Sonia Gandhi]] and [[Rahul Gandhi]]. <ref> {{cite news | url = https://factly.in/this-is-not-the-first-time-sonia-gandhi-participated-in-dusshera-celebrations-at-ramlila-maidan/ | title = This is not the first time Sonia Gandhi participated in Dusshera celebrations at Ramlila Maidan | publisher = factly | date = 10 October 2022 | access-date = 13 October 2024}}</ref>


==Historical events==
==Historical events==
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In 1961, then prime minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] held a public gathering welcoming [[Queen Elizabeth II]] during her state visit to India.<ref name=mint>{{cite web | title = The ground beneath her feet|publisher=Livemint| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/TkGWeWDM2xZPAxfncEjMBL/Delhis-Belly--The-ground-beneath-her-feet.html |date=5 April 2014| access-date = 5 April 2014}}</ref> On [[Republic Day of India|Republic Day]], 1963 after India's defeat in [[Indo-China War of 1962|Indo-China war]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]] sang the patriotic song, "[[Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo]]" in the presence of Nehru.<ref>{{cite web | title = Unforgettable songs of national fervour |publisher=Hindustan Times | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Entertainment/Unforgettable-songs-of-national-fervour/Article1-331189.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130425012617/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Entertainment/Unforgettable-songs-of-national-fervour/Article1-331189.aspx | url-status = dead | archive-date = 25 April 2013 |date=14 August 2008| access-date = 5 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=mint/> Two years later in 1965, at public gathering here, then prime minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] gave his slogan [[Jai Jawan Jai Kisan]].<ref name=mint/>
In 1961, then prime minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] held a public gathering welcoming [[Queen Elizabeth II]] during her state visit to India.<ref name=mint>{{cite web | title = The ground beneath her feet|publisher=Livemint| url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/TkGWeWDM2xZPAxfncEjMBL/Delhis-Belly--The-ground-beneath-her-feet.html |date=5 April 2014| access-date = 5 April 2014}}</ref> On [[Republic Day of India|Republic Day]], 1963 after India's defeat in [[Indo-China War of 1962|Indo-China war]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]] sang the patriotic song, "[[Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo]]" in the presence of Nehru.<ref>{{cite web | title = Unforgettable songs of national fervour |publisher=Hindustan Times | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Entertainment/Unforgettable-songs-of-national-fervour/Article1-331189.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130425012617/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Entertainment/Unforgettable-songs-of-national-fervour/Article1-331189.aspx | url-status = dead | archive-date = 25 April 2013 |date=14 August 2008| access-date = 5 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=mint/> Two years later in 1965, at public gathering here, then prime minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] gave his slogan [[Jai Jawan Jai Kisan]].<ref name=mint/>


[[Jayaprakash Narayan]] along with prominent Opposition leaders, addressed a mammoth rally with over a lakh people participating on 25 June 1975. This was the first protest in Ramlila Maidan, which was against [[Indira Gandhi]]'s government.<ref name="Tryst with history and cries for freedom">{{cite news|title=Tryst with history and cries for freedom|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-18/delhi/29899852_1_joint-rally-ramlila-ground-opposition-rally|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922083544/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-18/delhi/29899852_1_joint-rally-ramlila-ground-opposition-rally|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 September 2012|access-date=20 August 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 August 2011}}</ref> This was Jayaprakash Narayan last rally before he was arrested.<ref name="Tryst with history">{{cite news|title=Tryst with history|url=http://www.newsbullet.in/video/india/15772-ramlila-ground-tryst-with-history|access-date=20 August 2011|newspaper=[[STAR News]]|date=18 August 2011}}</ref>
[[Jayaprakash Narayan]] along with prominent Opposition leaders, addressed a mammoth rally with over a lakh people participating on 25 June 1975. This was the first protest in Ramlila Maidan, which was against [[Indira Gandhi]]'s government.<ref name="Tryst with history and cries for freedom">{{cite news|title=Tryst with history and cries for freedom|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Ramlila-Ground-Tryst-with-history-and-cries-for-freedom/articleshow/9643304.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922083544/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-18/delhi/29899852_1_joint-rally-ramlila-ground-opposition-rally|url-status=live|archive-date=22 September 2012|access-date=20 August 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=18 August 2011}}</ref> This was Jayaprakash Narayan last rally before he was arrested.<ref name="Tryst with history">{{cite news|title=Tryst with history|url=http://www.newsbullet.in/video/india/15772-ramlila-ground-tryst-with-history|access-date=20 August 2011|newspaper=[[STAR News]]|date=18 August 2011}}</ref>


Just after [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] situation was removed in India, in February 1977, several anti-Congress(opposition) leaders came on a common platform to form [[Janata Party]]. The Joint rally was held at Ramlila and was led by several opposition leaders [[Jagjivan Ram]], [[Morarji Desai]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], [[Charan Singh]] and [[Chandra Shekhar]]. Since Vajpayee had by then already acquired the reputation of a master orator, large crowds turned up to listen to him, as also the other speakers. The rally also a large number of Muslims had turned up to hear the [[Shahi Imam]], Bukhari Senior, who had extended their backing to the [[Janata Party]].<ref name="Ramlila Ground: Tryst with history and cries for freedom">{{cite news|title=Ramlila Ground: Tryst with history and cries for freedom|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-18/news/29900704_1_rally-ramlila-maidan-indira-gandhi|access-date=20 August 2011|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=18 August 2011}}</ref>
Just after [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] situation was removed in India, in February 1977, several anti-Congress(opposition) leaders came on a common platform to form [[Janata Party]]. The Joint rally was held at Ramlila and was led by several opposition leaders [[Jagjivan Ram]], [[Morarji Desai]], [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], [[Charan Singh]] and [[Chandra Shekhar]]. Since Vajpayee had by then already acquired the reputation of a master orator, large crowds turned up to listen to him, as also the other speakers. The rally also a large number of Muslims had turned up to hear the [[Shahi Imam]], Bukhari Senior, who had extended their backing to the [[Janata Party]].<ref name="Ramlila Ground: Tryst with history and cries for freedom">{{cite news|title=Ramlila Ground: Tryst with history and cries for freedom|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-18/news/29900704_1_rally-ramlila-maidan-indira-gandhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121100148/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-18/news/29900704_1_rally-ramlila-maidan-indira-gandhi|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 January 2012|access-date=20 August 2011|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=18 August 2011}}</ref>


The [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|2011 anti corruption demonstration]] of [[Anna Hazare]] and the 2013 as well as the 2015 oath ceremony of the Delhi chief minister [[Arvind Kejriwal]] also took place at the Ramlila Maidan.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-arvind-kejriwal-to-take-metro-to-reach-ramlila-maidan-1941462| title = Arvind Kejriwal to take Metro to reach Ramlila Maidan | date = 27 December 2013 | access-date = 29 December 2013 | newspaper = [[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=14 February 2015 |title=It's AAP ki Dilli: Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Delhi chief minister at packed Ramlila Maidan |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/live-it-s-aap-ki-dilli-arvind-kejriwal-takes-oath-as-delhi-chief-minister-at-ramlila-maidan/article1-1316659.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214094653/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/live-it-s-aap-ki-dilli-arvind-kejriwal-takes-oath-as-delhi-chief-minister-at-ramlila-maidan/article1-1316659.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 February 2015 |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref>
The [[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement|2011 anti corruption demonstration]] of [[Anna Hazare]] and the 2013 as well as the 2015 oath ceremony of the Delhi chief minister [[Arvind Kejriwal]] also took place at the Ramlila Maidan.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-arvind-kejriwal-to-take-metro-to-reach-ramlila-maidan-1941462| title = Arvind Kejriwal to take Metro to reach Ramlila Maidan | date = 27 December 2013 | access-date = 29 December 2013 | newspaper = [[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=14 February 2015 |title=It's AAP ki Dilli: Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Delhi chief minister at packed Ramlila Maidan |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/live-it-s-aap-ki-dilli-arvind-kejriwal-takes-oath-as-delhi-chief-minister-at-ramlila-maidan/article1-1316659.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214094653/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/live-it-s-aap-ki-dilli-arvind-kejriwal-takes-oath-as-delhi-chief-minister-at-ramlila-maidan/article1-1316659.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 February 2015 |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref>


==Recent Events==
==Recent events==
[[File:People Gathered at Ramlila maidan on Anna Hazare's Fast.jpg|thumb|200px|People Gathered at Ramlila maidan on Anna Hazare's Fast.]]
[[File:People Gathered at Ramlila maidan on Anna Hazare's Fast.jpg|thumb|200px|People Gathered at Ramlila maidan on Anna Hazare's Fast.]]
Ramlila Maidan was also venue for [[Swami Ramdev]] for his indefinite hunger strike on 4 June 2011 to bring back the black money stashed in tax havens abroad,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=242834 |title=Government agrees to my demands, but fast on: Ramdev |author=Indo-Asian News Service |date=4 June 2011 |publisher=Manglorean Media|access-date=21 July 2011|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service }}</ref> which saw 65,000 odd supporters. However, the event came to highlight when [[Delhi Police]] on 6 June along with a large police force lobbed [[tear gas]] shells, burned the place and [[lathicharge|lathi charged]] the crowd at 1 am (IST) to evict them.<ref name=TOI2011-06-05>{{cite news |title=30 injured in police sweep at Ramlila Maidan |author=Press Trust of India|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-05/india/29622682_1_lnjp-hospital-teargas-shells-lok-nayak-jai-prakash|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104152640/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-05/india/29622682_1_lnjp-hospital-teargas-shells-lok-nayak-jai-prakash|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |location=[[New Delhi]] |date=5 June 2011 |access-date=22 July 2011|author-link=Press Trust of India}}</ref>
Ramlila Maidan was also venue for [[Swami Ramdev]] for his indefinite hunger strike on 4 June 2011 to bring back the black money stashed in tax havens abroad,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=broadcast&broadcastid=242834 |title=Government agrees to my demands, but fast on: Ramdev |author=Indo-Asian News Service |date=4 June 2011 |publisher=Manglorean Media|access-date=21 July 2011|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service }}</ref> which saw 65,000 odd supporters. However, the event came to highlight when [[Delhi Police]] on 6 June along with a large police force lobbed [[tear gas]] shells, burned the place and [[lathicharge|lathi charged]] the crowd at 1 am (IST) to evict them.<ref name=TOI2011-06-05>{{cite news |title=30 injured in police sweep at Ramlila Maidan |author=Press Trust of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/30-injured-in-police-sweep-at-Ramlila-Maidan/articleshow/8733354.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104152640/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-05/india/29622682_1_lnjp-hospital-teargas-shells-lok-nayak-jai-prakash|url-status=live|archive-date=4 January 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |location=[[New Delhi]] |date=5 June 2011 |access-date=22 July 2011|author-link=Press Trust of India}}</ref>


2011 again saw anti-corruption protests in the month of August; this time from the activist [[Anna Hazare]].<ref>[[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement#June protest]]</ref>
2011 again saw anti-corruption protests in the month of August; this time from the activist [[Anna Hazare]].<ref>[[2011 Indian anti-corruption movement#June protest]]</ref>

Latest revision as of 23:36, 21 October 2024

Ramlila Maidan
A scene from annual Ramlila at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi, 2012
Map
Full nameRamlila Maidan New Delhi
AddressNear New Delhi Railway Station and Delhi Gate
New Delhi, Delhi
India India
LocationBetween New Delhi Railway Station & Delhi Gate
Coordinates28°38′31″N 77°13′51″E / 28.641892°N 77.230698°E / 28.641892; 77.230698
Elevation209 m (686 ft)
Public transit
Parking
  • Yes
  • May be or not
TypeMultipurpose Ground
CapacityApproximately 25000 to 30000
Field shapeSquare
Acreage10 acres (0.040 km2)
Surface
Current use
  • Annual Ramlila Programme
  • It is used for religious festivals, major political rallies and meetings, and entertainment events
Construction
Built1883 (142 years ago) (1883)
Rebuilt1930 (95 years ago) (1930)
Years active1930–present

Ramlila Maidan also Ramlila Ground is a large ground located in New Delhi, India, traditionally used for staging the annual Ramlila.[1] It is used for religious festivals, major political rallies and meetings, and entertainment events. It is located near New Delhi Railway Station and Delhi Gate.

History

[edit]

The Ramlila Maidan was originally a large pond before 1930. It was filled up in the early 1930s so that annual Ramlila, held in October, could be shifted here from the reti (sandy) floodplains of Yamuna River behind the Red Fort, where Hindu soldiers of the Mughal army first started staging the Ramila in the 1800s. Geographically the ground falls between the Old Delhi and the New Delhi. The historic Turkman Gate of the Old city stands nearby, and the ground stretches between Aruna Asaf Ali Marg and Jawaharlal Nehru Road.[2][3] It quickly became a popular site for political meetings, with Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel and other top nationalist leaders addressing rallies here. A small pond is still there inside the Ramlila ground as a remembrance of its history.

Ramlila hosted here has been frequently visited by the members of the prominent Nehru-Gandhi Family including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. [4]

Historical events

[edit]
A scene from annual Ramlila at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi, 2012

In 1961, then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru held a public gathering welcoming Queen Elizabeth II during her state visit to India.[3] On Republic Day, 1963 after India's defeat in Indo-China war, Lata Mangeshkar sang the patriotic song, "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" in the presence of Nehru.[5][3] Two years later in 1965, at public gathering here, then prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri gave his slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan.[3]

Jayaprakash Narayan along with prominent Opposition leaders, addressed a mammoth rally with over a lakh people participating on 25 June 1975. This was the first protest in Ramlila Maidan, which was against Indira Gandhi's government.[6] This was Jayaprakash Narayan last rally before he was arrested.[7]

Just after Emergency situation was removed in India, in February 1977, several anti-Congress(opposition) leaders came on a common platform to form Janata Party. The Joint rally was held at Ramlila and was led by several opposition leaders Jagjivan Ram, Morarji Desai, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Charan Singh and Chandra Shekhar. Since Vajpayee had by then already acquired the reputation of a master orator, large crowds turned up to listen to him, as also the other speakers. The rally also a large number of Muslims had turned up to hear the Shahi Imam, Bukhari Senior, who had extended their backing to the Janata Party.[8]

The 2011 anti corruption demonstration of Anna Hazare and the 2013 as well as the 2015 oath ceremony of the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal also took place at the Ramlila Maidan.[9][10]

Recent events

[edit]
People Gathered at Ramlila maidan on Anna Hazare's Fast.

Ramlila Maidan was also venue for Swami Ramdev for his indefinite hunger strike on 4 June 2011 to bring back the black money stashed in tax havens abroad,[11] which saw 65,000 odd supporters. However, the event came to highlight when Delhi Police on 6 June along with a large police force lobbed tear gas shells, burned the place and lathi charged the crowd at 1 am (IST) to evict them.[12]

2011 again saw anti-corruption protests in the month of August; this time from the activist Anna Hazare.[13]

The month of November of the same year saw another gathering, this time mainly from the minorities under the banner Social Justice conference. The conference sought to build the nation on the ideals of social justice that the nation was lacking even after 6 decades of independence.[14] [15]

In April 2021, ICU facilities were created in the place and vacant Ramlila ground in East Delhi, as the city was running out of ICU(Intensive Care Unit) beds and lot of fresh Covid-19 cases being reported continuously.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Jha, Manisha (3 June 2011), "Sprawling Ramlila Maidan braces for Baba Ramdev's 'satyagrah'", The Hindu, retrieved 20 August 2011
  2. ^ Philip Lutgendorf (1991). The Life of a Text: Performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas. University of California Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-0-520-06690-8.
  3. ^ a b c d "The ground beneath her feet". Livemint. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ^ "This is not the first time Sonia Gandhi participated in Dusshera celebrations at Ramlila Maidan". factly. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Unforgettable songs of national fervour". Hindustan Times. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Tryst with history and cries for freedom". The Times of India. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Tryst with history". STAR News. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Ramlila Ground: Tryst with history and cries for freedom". The Economic Times. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 21 January 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Arvind Kejriwal to take Metro to reach Ramlila Maidan". DNA. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  10. ^ "It's AAP ki Dilli: Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Delhi chief minister at packed Ramlila Maidan". Hindustan Times. 14 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  11. ^ Indo-Asian News Service (4 June 2011). "Government agrees to my demands, but fast on: Ramdev". Manglorean Media. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  12. ^ Press Trust of India (5 June 2011). "30 injured in police sweep at Ramlila Maidan". The Times of India. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  13. ^ 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement#June protest
  14. ^ Social Justice conference
  15. ^ "Front seeks greater representation for Muslims". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 28 November 2011.
  16. ^ "Delhi govt to add 1,000 ICU beds at Ramlila grounds". Hindustan Times. 28 April 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.