Indian Travel

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.

         It is national monument of India .It is 42m high and it is popular area in evenings of summer.It was built in memory of 9,000 soldiers who becomes martyr in world war I.This Place is known for it's patriotic feelings.This place is considered as a tomb for all soldiers who becomes martyr for pride of India which is known as amar javan jyoti.This place is also known as all India war memorial and built in 1931 .  India gate is designed by Edwin Lutyens.If you look carefully then you will found that On wall of India gate India is written in bold encrypted letters on both sides.You will also find the sign of xIx in MCM.Walls of India Gate are scripted throughout from top to bottom with names of those soldiers who Becomes martyr and sacrifice their life for their country.There is a pedestal also which have rifal with cap of those soldiers as a tribute to all soldiers .

 The origin of the name "Taj Mahal" is not clear. Court histories from Shah Jehan's reign only call it the rauza (tomb) of Mumtaz Mahal. It is generally believed that "Taj Mahal" (usually translated as either "Crown Palace" or "Crown of the Palace") is an abbreviated version of her name, Mumtaz Mahal. The construction of this marble masterpiece is credited to the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan who erected this mausoleum in the memory of his beloved wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, popularly known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in AH 1040 (AD 1630). Her last wish to her husband was "to build a tomb in her memory such as the world had never seen before". Thus emperor Shah Jahan set about building this fairytale like marvel. The construction of Taj Mahal was started in AD 1631 and completed at the end of 1648 AD. For seventeen years, twent