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Red FortA view of the Red Fort's Lahori GateLocationOld Delhi, IndiaCoordinates28xc2xb039xe2x80xb221xe2x80xb3N 77xc2xb014xe2x80xb227xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf28.65583xc2xb0N 77.24083xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 28.65583; 77.24083Coordinates: 28xc2xb039xe2x80xb221xe2x80xb3N 77xc2xb014xe2x80xb227xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf28.65583xc2xb0N 77.24083xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 28.65583; 77.24083Height18xe2x80x9333xc2xa0m (59xe2x80x93108xc2xa0ft)Built12 May 1639 xe2x80x93 6 April 1648; 373 years agoxc2xa0(6 April 1648)ArchitectUstad Ahmad LahoriArchitectural style(s)Indo-Islamic, MughalOwner Mughal Empire (1638xe2x80x931760) Maratha Empire (1760, 1771 xe2x80x93 1803) British India (1857xe2x80x931947) Government of India (1947 xe2x80x93 present) UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial nameRed Fort ComplexTypeCulturalCriteriaii, iii, viDesignated2007 (31st session)Referencexc2xa0no.231revState PartyIndiaRegionIndo-Pacific Location in Delhi, India, Asia | WIKI |
The Red Fort is a historic fort in the city of Delhi (in Old Delhi) in India that served as the main residence of the Mughal Emperors. | WIKI |
Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort on 12xc2xa0May 1638, when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi. | WIKI |
The name Red Fort is a translation of the Hindustani Lxc4x81l Qila (Hindi: xe0xa4xb2xe0xa4xbexe0xa4xb2 xe0xa4x95xe0xa4xbcxe0xa4xbfxe0xa4xb2xe0xa4xbe, Urdu: xd9x84xd8xa7xd9x84 xd9x82xd9x84xd8xb9xdbx81),[3][4] deriving from its red sandstone walls. | WIKI |
Constructed in 1639 by the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as the palace of his fortified capital Shahjahanabad, the Red Fort is named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone. | WIKI |
[8] The Red Fort's innovative architectural style, including its garden design, influenced later buildings and gardens in Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kashmir, Braj, Rohilkhand and elsewhere. | WIKI |
[10] It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 as part of the Red Fort Complex. | WIKI |
Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort on 12xc2xa0May 1638, when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi. | WIKI |
[17][18][19] Unlike other Mughal forts, the Red Fort's boundary walls are asymmetrical to contain the older Salimgarh Fort. | WIKI |
In 1739, Persian emperor Nadir Shah easily defeated the strong Mughal army of around 200,000 soldiers,[20] plundering the Red Fort, including the Peacock Throne. | WIKI |
In 1783 the Sikh Misl Karor Singhia, led by Baghel Singh, conquered Delhi and the Red Fort. | WIKI |
In 1788, a Maratha garrison occupied the Red fort and Delhi alongside providing protection to the Mughal Emperor. | WIKI |
During the Second Anglo-Maratha War, forces of the East India Company defeated Maratha forces of Daulat Rao Scindia in the Battle of Delhi; this ended Maratha control over the city and their control of the Red Fort. | WIKI |
[30] After the battle, the British East India Company took over the administration of Mughal territories and installed a Resident at the Red Fort. | WIKI |
The Rang Mahal inside Red Fort in the mid-nineteenth century] | WIKI |
The Rang Mahal inside Red Fort today | WIKI |
Despite its position as the seat of Mughal power and its defensive capabilities, the Red Fort was not a site of an engagement during the 1857 uprising against the British. | WIKI |
Bahadur Shah Zafarxc2xa0II returned to Red Fort as a British prisoner, was tried in 1858 and exiled to Rangoon on 7xc2xa0October of that year. | WIKI |
[31] After the end of the rebellion, the British sacked the Red Fort before ordering its systemic demolition. | WIKI |
Most of the jewels and artwork located in the Red Fort were looted during Nadir Shah's invasion of 1747 and again after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British. | WIKI |
View of the Red Fort from the river (by Ghulam Ali Khan, between c. 1852xe2x80x931854 | WIKI |
The Red Fort Archaeological Museum was moved from the drum house to the Mumtaz Mahal. | WIKI |
The INA trials, also known as the Red Fort Trials, refer to the courts-martial of a number of officers of the Indian National Army. | WIKI |
The first was held between November and December 1945 at the Red Fort. | WIKI |
After Indian Independence, the site experienced few changes, and the Red Fort continued to be used as a military cantonment. | WIKI |
Every year on India's Independence Day (15 August), the prime minister of India hoists the national flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally broadcast speech from its ramparts. | WIKI |
[2] The Red Fort, the largest monument in Delhi,[40] is one of its most popular tourist destinations[41] and attracts thousands of visitors every year. | WIKI |
The Red fort appears on the back of the xe2x82xb9500 note of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series of the Indian rupee. | WIKI |
In April 2018, Dalmia Bharat Group adopted the Red Fort for maintenance, development, and operations,[44] per a contract worth xe2x82xb925 crores for a period of five years, under the government's "Adopt A Heritage" scheme. | WIKI |
During the CAA protests in December 2019, the Delhi Police imposed Section 144 of the CrPC around the Red Fort and detained a number of agitators near the fort area ahead of planned march against the new citizenship act. | WIKI |
Some protestors entered the Red Fort premises, where they hoisted National Flag, Nishan Sahib (Sikh religious flag) and farmer union flags. | WIKI |
To prevent terrorist attacks, security is especially strict around the Red Fort on the eve of Indian Independence Day. | WIKI |
The Red Fort has an area of 254.67 acres (103.06xc2xa0ha) enclosed by 2.41 kilometres (1.50xc2xa0mi) of defensive walls,[64] punctuated by turrets and bastions that vary in height from 18 metres (59xc2xa0ft) on the river side to 33 metres (108xc2xa0ft) on the city side. | WIKI |
Red Fort is one of the building complexes of India encapsulating a long period of history and its arts. | WIKI |
Map of Red Fort showing major structures | WIKI |
The Lahori Gate is the main gate to the Red Fort, named for its orientation towards the city of Lahore. | WIKI |
Lahori Gate, the entrance portal of the Red Fort, leads into an open outer court, where it crosses the large northxe2x80x93south street which originally divided the fort's military functions (to the west) from the palaces (to the east). | WIKI |
Naubat Khana inside Red Fort today | WIKI |
[75] The Mumtaz Mahal houses the Red Fort Archaeological Museum. | WIKI |
xe2x80x94xe2x80x89"World Heritage Site xe2x80x93 Red Fort, Delhi; Diwan-i-Khas". | WIKI |
Hammam of Red Fort interior in mid-nineteenth century | WIKI |
During the Indian National Army Trials (Red Fort Trials) in 1945xe2x80x9346, it housed Indian National Army officers Shah Nawaz Khan (general), Colonel Prem Kumar Sahgal, and Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon. | WIKI |
The Red Fort Baoli is uniquely designed with two sets of staircases leading down to the well. | WIKI |
The planning and design of the Red Fort represents a culmination of architectural development initiated in 1526 AD by the first Mughal Emperor and brought to a splendid refinement by Shah Jahan with a fusion of traditions: Islamic, Persian, Timurid and Hindu. | UNESCO |
The innovative planning arrangements and architectural style of building components as well as garden design developed in the Red Fort strongly influenced later buildings and gardens in Rajasthan, Delhi, Agra and further afield. | UNESCO |
The Red Fort has been the setting for events which have had a critical impact on its geo-cultural region. | UNESCO |
The Red Fort demonstrates the outstanding results this achieved in planning and architecture. | UNESCO |
Criterion (iii): The innovative planning arrangements and architectural style of building components and garden design developed in the Red Fort strongly influenced later buildings and gardens in Rajasthan, Delhi, Agra and further afield. | UNESCO |
The Red Fort Complex also reflects the phase of British military occupation, introducing new buildings and functions over the earlier Mughal structures. | UNESCO |
Criterion (vi): The Red Fort has been a symbol of power since the reign of Shah Jahan, has witnessed the change in Indian history to British rule, and was the place where Indian independence was first celebrated, and is still celebrated today. | UNESCO |
The Red Fort Complex has thus been the setting of events critical to the shaping of regional identity, and which have had a wide impact on the geo-cultural region. | UNESCO |
The Red Fort Complex is a layered expression of both Mughal architecture and planning, and the later British military use of the forts. | UNESCO |
The most dramatic impacts on the integrity of the Red Fort Complex come from the change of the river into a major road, which alters the relationship of the property to its intended setting; and from the division of the Salimgarh Fort by a railway. | UNESCO |
Nevertheless the Salimgarh Fort is inextricably linked to the Red Fort in use and later history. | UNESCO |
The integrity of the Salimgarh Fort can only be seen in terms of its value as part of the overall Red Fort Complex. | UNESCO |
The authenticity of the Mughal and British buildings in the Red Fort Complex is established, although more work is needed to establish the veracity of the current garden layout. | UNESCO |
The Red Fort Complex is managed directly by the Archaeological Survey of India, which is also responsible for the protection of all national level heritage sites in India and Indian cultural properties included in the World Heritage List. | UNESCO |