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A prominent golf club, reportedly with 50 years of waiting to become a member, but non-members can also play as "casual members" by paying a fee.
The Delhi Golf Club (DGC) is a prominent golf club situated in Delhi, India. It has ultra restrictive membership, with well over a waiting period of over 30 years for prospective members. It is close to Delhi's top tourist sites of India Gate, Humayun's Tomb, Delhi Zoo, and Lodhi Gardens. DGC comprises 18-hole course designed by the Gary Player Design studio, which is part of the Asian PGA Tour, and a shorter 9-hole course, and sprawling club house with swimming pool.
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This contains two mausoleums which have the tombs of Lal Kunwar and her daughter Begum Jaan. Lal Kunwar was the wife of Mughal ruler Jahander Shah and the mother of another Mughal ruler Shah Alam II. Lal Kunwar is similar to Nur Jahan, who monopolised power and gave important posts to members of his family.
The Athpula, literally meaning eight bridge, consists of seven arches supported by eight pillars. The bridge spans over a water body and is still in use. Visitors entering the Lodi Gardens from the north east gate uses the bridge.
The small mosque and a small gateway stands on the north east of Sheesha Gumbad. Both the structure date back to the Mughaal Period. The gateway probably served as an entrance to walled garden, sadly the walls no longer exist. The double storied arched gateway is topped with a Bengal type sloped roof. Next to the gateway is a small mosque with arched entrance and crowned with three domes. The mosque is devoid of ornamentation, and has a platform on its eastern side.
धौलपुर हाउस Dhaulpur Hāus
It was built in 1920 by Dholpur ruler Rana Udaibhan Singh as his New Delhi residence. TheIt was built in the Art Deco style, with the exterior walls being painted white. After India's independence, the building houses the headquarters of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), who conduct interviews here to recruit civil servants. There's also a museum with collections of original pamphlets, documents, reports and other records that are otherwise not easily accessible to the public.