Red Fort

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Red Fort

About

Red Fort is a situated in Delhi(India).Red Fort is a Historic part of our Country.It was the main residence of the Mughal Emperor dynasty for nearly 200 years.It is located the center of the Delhi and house a number of the Museum.In addition to the accommodating, the emperors and their households.It was the ceremonial and political center of the Mughal Emperor state and the settings for event critically impacting the regions.

Every year on the independence day Prime Minister of the India, the prime Minister host the"Tricolor flag" at the main gate of the fort and delivers a nationality broadcast speech from its ramparts.

It was designed by the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 as the part of the Red Fort Complex.

The Red Fort was plundered of its artwork and jewel during the Nadir Shah invasion of the Mughal Empire in 1747.Most of the fort's precious marble structure was subsequently destroyed by the British following by the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.The Fort defensive walls were largely spared, and the Fortress subsequently used as a garrison.The Red Fort was also the site was the British put the Last Mughal Emperor trail before exiling him to the Rangoon in 1857.

Etymology

Etymology

Its English name Red Fort is a translation, Hindustani Lal Qila deriving form its red sandstone walls.As the residence of the imperial family, the fort was originally known as the blessed Fort.Red Fort is also Kown as the Lal Qila.

Architecture

Architecture

The Red Fort as an area of the 254.67 acres enclosed by the 2.41 km, punctuated to the by turrets and bastions varying in height from 18 meters on the riverside to the 33 meters on the city side.The fort is octagonal, with the North and the South axis longer than the east-west axis.The marble floral decoration and double domes in the fort building exemplify later Mughal Architecture.
The Lahori and Delhi gates were used by the public and the Khizarabad gate was for the emperor.The Lahori gate is the main entrance leading to a dome shopping area known as the Chatta Chowk.

Major Structure

The Major Structure

The most important surviving structures are the walls and ramparts, the mains gate, the audience and the imperial apartments on the western Rivers banks.

Lahori gate

Lahori Gate

The Lahori gate is the main gate to the red fort, named for its orientation towards the city of the Lahore.During Aurangzeb reign, the beauty of the gate was spoiled by the addition of bastions, which Shahjahan described as the vell drawn across the face of the beautiful women.

Delhi Gate 

Delhi Gate

Delhi Gate is the Southern public entrance in layout and appearance similar to the Lahori gate.Two life-size stone elephants on either side of the gate face each other.These were renewed by Lord Curzon in in 1903 after their earlier demolition by Aurangzeb.

Chhatta Chowk

Chhatta Chowk

Adjacent to the Lahori gate is the Chhatta Chowk, where silk, jewelry, and their items for the imperial household were sold during the Mughal period.The bazaar leads to an open outer court, where it crosses the large north-south street which originally divided the fort military function from the palaces.The southern end of the street is the Delhi gate.

Mumtaz Mahal

Mumtaz Mahal

The southernmost pavilions of the place are zenanas consisting of the Mumtaz Mahal and the larger Rang Mahal.The Mumtaz Mahal house the Red Fort Archeological Museum.

Rang Mahal

Rang Mahal

The Rang housed the Emperor's wife and mistress.Its name means"palace of the colors.since it was brightly painted and decorated with a mosaic of the mirror.The central made pool is fed by the Nahr-i-Bijishr.

Diwan-i-Khas

Diwan-i-Khas

A gate on the north side of the Diwan -i-Aam leads to the innermost court of the palace and the diwan -i-Khas.It is constructed of the while marble inland the precious stones.The one's silver ceiling has been restored the wood.The throne was during the 17th century.At the either of the hall.over the outer arches, is an inscription by Persian poet  Amir Khusrow.