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Let’s begins with the ample amount of information given below about the Red Fort of Delhi which is not just beneficial for the students of schools and colleges but it will help even the general public to know a lot more about this historical world heritage site.
Introduction
Isn’t the Red Fort of Delhi a historic fort visited by various tourists and visitors every day from morning to evening? Yes, it is true, and whoever visits the Red Fort, which is in Delhi in India, is awed by the type of construction which took place after Shah Jahan, who was a Mughal emperor, gave the order for its construction on the 12th of May 1638 after he made the decision to move his capital from Agra to Delhi. It is this Red Fort of Delhi at which every year on the 15th of August, which is India’s Independence Day, the Prime Minister of India hoists the Indian tricolor and delivers a speech from its ramparts to give the message of unity to all the citizens of India.
A brief history of Red Fort
The name Red Fort is there because of its enclosing walls of red sandstone, and the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan got it constructed in 1639. The style of innovative architecture of the fort influenced other gardens and buildings in Delhi, Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and elsewhere. Architect Ustad Ahmad Lahori is given credit for the design of the Red Fort, and this particular architect also constructed the Taj Mahal of India.
The construction of the Red Fort began on the 13th of May 1638, which fell in the sacred month of Muharram, and its construction was completed on the 6th of April 1648. This particular fort is along the Yamuna River in Delhi. Shah Jahan made the Red Fort as the palace of his fortified capital known as Shahjahanabad.
Mughal Empire had the ownership of the Red Fort of Delhi from 1638 to 1760, and then it was Maratha Empire who had its ownership in 1760 as well as from 1771 to 1803. Sikh Confederacy also had its ownership in 1783, and the East India Company had control over the fort from 1803 to 1857. British Empire had its ownership from 1857 to 1947, and from 1947 to the present, the Government of India has its ownership.
The architecture and major structures of Red Fort
The area of the Red Fort of Delhi is 254.67 acres, covered by 2.41 kilometers of defensive walls all around. Double domes of the Red Fort, floral decorations, and the marble epitomize the later Mughal architecture. The height of the fort varies because its height is 18 meters on the riverside while it is 33 meters on the city side. As far as the major structures of the Red Fort of Delhi are concerned, the audience halls, the imperial apartments, the main gates, the ramparts are the most important structures. To name a few, Delhi Gate, Lahori Gate, Naubat Khana, Nahr-i-Bihisht, Mumtaz Mahal, Diwani-i-Aam, Diwane-i-Khas, Moti Masjid, Prince’s Quarter are some of the structures of the Red Fort.
Final Point
The Red Fort is truly the center of attention for all as people use it to mark various other places in Delhi in terms of distance and routes. There is also an appearance of the Red Fort of Delhi on the back of ₹500 notes of the new series of the Indian Rupee. Undoubtedly, the Red Fort has become the priority and the first choice of tourism for everybody who wants to visit the capital city of India.
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