RED FORT

LOCATION
   
          Red fort is located at bank of yamuna river in delhi. We know this delhi as old delhi.

HISTORY OF RED FORT

           Red fort is one of the great historical monument of India. First of all we will start from its name. It is known as red fort because there are too much use of red stones in construction of red fort. And because of extensive use of red stones in great walls of fort it is known as red fort (LAL QILA). In 1638 Mughal king shah jahan has decided to shift to shift his capital in delhi from agra and thus Shah jahan started the construction of red fort at the bank of yamuna river in old delhi. He assigns ustad ahmed and ustad hamid as a architect for constructing royal palace. Construction of red fort was completed by shah jahan in year of 1648. Red fort is originally known as 'Qila-i-Mubarak' . The reason behind this name is that it was the residence of royal family.

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