This article is about The greatred fort which is located at Delhi and is also known as Lal qilha or Lal Qila. Here in this article I will tell you greathistory about red fort (Lal Qila). Everybody says it looks awesome in red color. You may also visited to this place. But do everyone know what is thehistory behind the red fort? Who built the red fort?In this post I will tell you all history behind red fort. LOCATION Red fort is located at the bank of the Yamuna river in Delhi. We know that it is known as old Delhi. HISTORY OF RED FORT Red fortis one of the great historicalmonument of India. First of all we will start from its name. It is known as red fort because there is too much use of red stones in construction of red fort. And because of the extensive use ofred stonesin the great walls of the fort it is known as red fort (LAL QILA). In 1638 Mughal king Shah Jahan has decided to shift his capital in Delhi from Agra and thus Shah Jahan started the construction of red fort at the bank of the Yamuna river in old Delhi. He assigns Ustad Ahmed and Ustad humid as an architect forconstructing a royal palace.Construction of red fortwas completed by Shah Jahan in the year of 1648. Red fort is originally known as Qila-I-Mubarak. The reason behind this name is that it was the residence of the royal family. The attraction of red fortis the great and huge wall of red fort. The wall has two entrances, one at the Lahore gate and another at the Delhi gate. Lahore gate is the main entrance point of red fort. This wall is assuming that a 2 km long which looks awesome in red stones. So friends this the great history behind the Red fort, which isconstructed by the Mughal king Shah Jahanin 1648. I must say that visit this place at least once in your life. Have a nice day.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:32:56 +0000