Red Fort, Delhi

The Red Fort or Red Fort, located in the historic, captured and old area of ​​Delhi, is made of red sandstone. The fort was built by the fifth Mughal Badshah Shah Jahan. This fort is called "Red Fort" due to the red color of its walls. This historic fortress was selected by a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2007.

History

The city of Red Fort and Shahjahanabad, erected by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, was erected in 1639. The layout of the Red Fort was redone to be integrated with the Fort of Salimgarh. This fort and palace have been an important focal point for the medieval city of Shahjahanabad. The planning, the arrangement and the beauty of the Red Fort is the peculiarity of Mughal creativity, which reached its maximum elevation during the time of Shah Jahan. After the construction of this fort, Shah Jahan carried out many development work. Many important aspects of the development were made by Aurangzeb and the last Mughal rulers. Many basic changes in the entire configuration were made after the first struggle for independence in 1857 in the British period. During the British period, this fort was used mainly in the form of cantonment. Rather, after independence, many of its important parts remained under army control until 2003.

The Red Fort was the palace of Shahjahanabad, the new capital of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. This was the seventh Muslim city in the city of Delhi. He changed his capital from Agra to Delhi, to increase the prestige of his government, as well as to give new opportunities to the ambition to create new ones. There was also his main interest in this.

This fort is located on the banks of the Yamuna River as well as the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. The water of the same river surrounded this fort and filled the trench. Its northeast side wall was attached to an ancient fortress, which is also known as the Salimgarh fortress. The fort of Salimgarh was built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546. The construction of the Red Fort was completed in 1638 and completed in 1648. But according to some opinions, it describes an ancient fort and city of Lalkot, which was captured by Shah Jahan and built this strong. King Lalkot, Prithviraj Chauhan, was the capital in the last phase of the 12th century.

On March 11, 1783, the Sikhs entered the Red Fort and captured Diwan-i-Aam. The Mughal chiefs surrendered to the city for their fellow Sikhs. This work was carried out under the command of Sardar Baghel Singh Dhaliwal of Karor Singhia Misal.


Measurement risk
Lalkila is located at the eastern end of Salimgarh. It has its name due to the walls and red sandstone wall. This makes four candles. This wall is 1.5 miles long (2.5 km) and is 60 feet (16 m) and 110 feet (35 m) high, from the edge of the river. It is known by the strength of its measurement, that its plan has been made using a square grid (square door) of 82 m.

The scheme of the Red Fort was completely completed and subsequent changes have not allowed any change in the origin of its plan. In the eighteenth century, some of its parts were damaged by thieves and invaders. After the first freedom struggle of 1857, the fort was used as the headquarters of the British army. This army destroyed about eighty percent of the mandams and gardens. . [2] The plan to restore these destroyed orchards and the surviving parts was executed by Umaid Danish in 1903.


Architecture

View of the courtyard buildings.
The strong red has artistic and decorative scenes of high level. The work of art here is a synthesis of Persian, European and Indian art, whose result was a distinctive and unique style of Shahjahani. This style is excellent in color, expression and form. Lalkilla is an important construction group in Delhi, which boasts of Indian history and its arts. Its importance is beyond the limits of time. It is a symbol of talent and architectural power. Efforts were made to preserve and preserve that the post-retirement predecessor was declared a monument of national importance in 1913.

Its walls have been well absorbed. These walls are open at two main doors: Delhi Darwaza and Lahore Darwaza. The Lahore Gate is your main entrance door. There is a long market inside, Chatta Chowk, whose walls are leased to stores. After this, there is a large open space, where it crosses the long north-south road. This road was first divided into parts of military and civilian castles. The southern end of this road is at the Delhi Gate.

Warehouse
On the east side of the open terrain, there is a dakkharana from Lahore Gate to Chatta Chowk. It is the main door of the castle made for musicians.