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	[[Madrasa Aminia]], established in 1897 by Amin al-Dehlawi is one of the historical Islamic institutions in Kashmiri Gate. <ref name="mahbub">{{cite book \|last1=Rizwi \|first1=Syed Mehboob \|author-link1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi \|translator=Murtaz Husain F Quraishi \|title=Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband \|trans-title= History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband \|publisher=Idara Ehtemam \|location=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] \|volume =2 \|pages=52–55 \|edition=1981}}</ref>		[[Madrasa Aminia]], established in 1897 by Amin al-Dehlawi is one of the historical Islamic institutions in Kashmiri Gate. <ref name="mahbub">{{cite book \|last1=Rizwi \|first1=Syed Mehboob \|author-link1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi \|translator=Murtaz Husain F Quraishi \|title=Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband \|trans-title= History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband \|publisher=Idara Ehtemam \|location=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] \|volume =2 \|pages=52–55 \|edition=1981}}</ref>

			== See Also ==

			* [[Lal Darwaza]], the northern gate of the outer walls of the [[Delhi]] of [[Sher Shah Suri]] Also known as [[Khooni Darwaza]].
			*[[Delhi Gate, Delhi\|Delhi Gate]] is the southern gate of gates in the historic [[Walled city of Delhi\|Walled city of (old) Delhi]], or [[Shahjahanbad]] in 1638 [[Anno Domini\|AD]].

	==References==		==References==

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[[File:1857 cashmeri gate delhi.jpg|thumb|Kashmere Gate, [[Delhi]], c1858]]
[[File:Kashmere Gate, Delhi, India c1865.jpg|thumb|Kashmere Gate, [[Delhi]], c1865]]

'''Kashmere Gate''' or '''Kashmiri Gate''' is a gate located in [[Delhi]], it is the northern gate to the historic [[Old Delhi|walled city of Delhi]]. Built by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] Emperor [[Shah Jahan]], the gate is so named because it was at the start of a road that led to [[Kashmir]].

Now it is also the name of the surrounding locality in [[North Delhi]], in the [[Old Delhi]] area, and an important road junction as the [[Red Fort]], [[Inter State Bus Terminals|ISBT]] and [[Delhi Junction]] railway station lie in its vicinity.

==History==
[[File:PLAQUE KASHMIRI GATE.jpg|right|thumb|Plaque at Kashmere Gate, commemorating the 14 September 1857 attack on it by British Army during [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]]]
[[File:KASHMIRI GATE.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Kashmere Gate, in 2008]]
It was the area around the North gate of the [[Old Delhi|walled city of the Delhi]], leading to the ''Laal Quila'', the [[Red Fort]] of Delhi, the gate was facing towards [[Kashmir]], so it was named Kashmere Gate under [[British Raj]]. The monument can still be seen. The southern gate to the walled city is called [[Delhi Gate (Delhi)|Delhi Gate]].

When the British first started settling in Delhi in 1803, they found the walls of [[Old Delhi]] city, [[Shahjahanabad]] lacking repairs, especially after the siege by [[Maratha]] Holkar in 1804, subsequently, they reinforced the city's walls. They gradually set up their residential estates in the Kashmere Gate area, which once housed Mughal palaces and the homes of nobility.<ref name="indra" /> The gate next gained national attention during the [[Mutiny of 1857]]. Indian soldiers fired volleys of cannonballs from this gate at the [[British people|British]] and used the area to assemble for strategizing fighting and resistance.

The British had used the gate to prevent the mutineers from entering the city. Evidence of the struggles is visible today in damage to the existing walls (the damage is presumably cannonball related). Kashmere Gate was the scene of an important assault by the British Army during [[Indian rebellion of 1857]], during which on the morning of 14 September 1857 the bridge and the left leaf of the Gate were destroyed using [[gunpowder]], starting the final assault on the rebels towards the end of [[Siege of Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web| title = A gate in the city wall|publisher=Hindustan Times|author=Nivedita Khandekar|date=30 September 2012| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/A-gate-in-the-city-wall/Article1-937808.aspx| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120929221310/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/A-gate-in-the-city-wall/Article1-937808.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-date = 29 September 2012| access-date = 2013-09-23}}</ref>

After 1857, the British moved to [[Civil Lines]], and Kashmere Gate became the fashionable and commercial centre of Delhi, a status it lost only after the creation of [[New Delhi]] in 1931. In 1965, a section of the Kashmere Gate was demolished to allow faster movement of vehicular traffic. Since then, it has become a protected monument of ASI.<ref name="indra">''Delhi city guide'', by [[Eicher Goodearth Limited]], [[Delhi Tourism]]. Published by [[Eicher Goodearth Limited]], 1998. {{ISBN|81-900601-2-0}}. ''Page 216''.</ref>

In the early 1910s, employees of the Government of India Press settled around Kashmere Gate, it included a sizable Bengali community, and the community [[Durga Puja]] organized by [[Delhi Durga Puja Samiti]] that they started in 1910 is the oldest one in Delhi today.<ref>{{cite news |title=How community pujas came about|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/How+community+pujas+came+about/1/63510.html |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=25 September 2009}}</ref> The present building of Delhi State Election Commission’s Office on Lothian Road near Kashmiri Gate was built from 1890 to 1891. The two-story building housed [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] from 1891 until 1941, when it moved to its present campus.<ref>{{cite web | title = College to poll office, a 123-year-old quiet journey|publisher=Hindustan Times| url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/College-to-poll-office-a-123-year-old-quiet-journey/Article1-1058877.aspx| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130512090638/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/College-to-poll-office-a-123-year-old-quiet-journey/Article1-1058877.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-date = 12 May 2013|date=12 May 2013| access-date = 2013-09-23}}</ref>

==St. James' Church==
[[File:St. James' Church, Delhi, India.jpg|thumb|[[St. James' Church, Delhi|St. James' Church]] or Skinner's Church, Kashmere Gate, Delhi]]
[[St. James' Church, Delhi|St. James Church]] also known as Skinner's Church, was commissioned by [[James Skinner (soldier)|Colonel James Skinner]] (1778–1841), a distinguished [[Anglo-Indian]] military officer, famous for the cavalry regiment [[1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse|Skinner’s Horse]]. It was designed by Major Robert Smith and built between 1826-36.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/n/019pho000000032u00003000.html No.3. Skinner's Church, Delhi.] ''[[British Library]]'.''</ref>

==ISBT==
The [[Maharana Pratap Inter State Bus Terminus|Maharana Pratap Inter-state Bus Terminus]] or [[Inter State Bus Terminals|ISBT]] is the oldest and one of the biggest [[Inter State Bus Terminals]] in India, operating bus services between Delhi and 7 states, [[Haryana]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[Uttarakhand]] states. It opened in 1976.<ref name="express">{{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/next-year-a-ride-out-of-newage-transport-hubs/724348/0 | title=Next year, a ride out of new-age transport hubs | first=Sweta | last=Dutta | date=14 December 2010 | newspaper=The Indian Express | access-date=3 May 2018}}</ref> Also nearby is [[Majnu Ka Tilla]], known for its [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] refugee settlement and also the Majnu ka Tila Gurudwara built by [[Baghel Singh]] in 1783, to mark the tilla or mound where a [[Sufi]] nicknamed Majnu met [[Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Nanak]]. here in July 1505.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Gurdwara steeped in history |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/A-Gurdwara-steeped-in-history/articleshow/10552745.cms |work=The Times of India |date=25 Mar 2012}}</ref>

==Railway station==
The [[Old Delhi Railway Station]] of Delhi, i.e. the [[Delhi Junction Railway station]], built like a fort, stands here, with two opposite sides namely Kashmere Gate & [[Chandni Chowk]]. The two localities are linked by an elevated pedestrian bridge called Kodiya Pul.

==Metro Station==

The [[Kashmere Gate (Delhi Metro)|Kashmere Gate]] station of the [[Delhi Metro]], lies on the only trijunction of Delhi Metro [[Red Line (Delhi Metro)|Red]] ([[Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda)]] - [[Rithala (Delhi Assembly constituency)|Rithala]]), [[Yellow Line (Delhi Metro)|Yellow Lines]] ([[Jahangirpuri metro station|Jahangir Puri]] - [[HUDA City Centre metro station|HUDA City Center]]) and Violet Line (Kashmiri Gate - [[Ballabhgarh]]). It is a [[Interchange station|transfer station]] between the Red Line on the highest upper level , the Yellow Line and [[Violet Line (Delhi Metro)|Violet Line]] on the lowest level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/commuters/station_information.html |title=Station Information |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619035828/http://delhimetrorail.com/commuters/station_information.html |archive-date=19 June 2010 }}</ref> Kashmere Gate also serves as the Headquarters for the Delhi Metro.

==GPO==
The place also has the General Post Office of [[Indian Postal Service]], which is one of the oldest in the country.

==Indraprastha University==
[[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]] (formerly known as Indraprastha University), a state university of New Delhi, was also located at Kashmere Gate. It was housed in the building which was formerly [[Delhi College of Engineering]] (DCE) & [[Delhi Institute of Technology]] (DIT). Both the colleges have shifted to bigger campuses in [[Bawana]], [[Rohini, Delhi|Rohini]] & [[Dwarka]] sector-3, sector-14(GGSIPU), and now the campus is handed over to [[Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women]].

==Museum: Dara Shikoh Library==
A library established by the Mughal prince [[Dara Shikoh]] still exists in Kashmere Gate and is being run as an archaeological museum by the Archaeological Survey of India.

==Historic sites==
<gallery>
File:Mutiny Memorial 2012 Pallav-journo.jpg|[[Mutiny Memorial]] erected in 1863, in memory of officers and soldiers, British and native of the Delhi Field Force killed during 1857,
File:Magazine Gateway.JPG| One of two remaining Magazine Gateways, which mark the site of old magazines blown up during [[1857 Mutiny]], South of Kashmere Gate Post office, next to Magazine Gateway.
File:Telegraph Memorial.JPG|Telegraph Memorial, erected in 1901-02 to honour Post & Telegraph personnel, who died in 1857
File:Nicholson Cemetery 06.jpg|Nicholson Cemetery entrance, oppo. ISBT (Kashmeri Gate), named after Brig. General [[John Nicholson (East India Company officer)|John Nicholson]], British hero during 1857 Mutiny.
File:Lothian Cemetery 11.jpg|[[Lothian Cemetery]]</gallery>

==Historical institutions==
[[Madrasa Aminia]], established in 1897 by Amin al-Dehlawi is one of the historical Islamic institutions in Kashmiri Gate. <ref name="mahbub">{{cite book |last1=Rizwi |first1=Syed Mehboob |author-link1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |translator=Murtaz Husain F Quraishi |title=Tarikh Darul Uloom Deoband |trans-title= History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband |publisher=Idara Ehtemam |location=[[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |volume =2 |pages=52–55 |edition=1981}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Neighborhoods of Delhi}}
{{Delhi}}

[[Category:Gates in India]]
[[Category:Infrastructure completed in 1835]]
[[Category:History of Delhi]]
[[Category:Roads in Delhi]]
[[Category:Gates of Delhi]]
[[Category:Archaeological monuments in Delhi]]
[[Category:North Delhi district]]

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