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{{About|the Lahori Gate in Delhi|the one in Lahore|Lahori Gate, Lahore|other uses|Lahori Gate (disambiguation){{!}}Lahori Gate}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Coord|28.655918|77.238459|display=title}}
[[File:Lahori Gate with Ramparts - Red Fort - Delhi 2014-05-13 3126.JPG|thumb|Lahori Gate faces the direction of [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]]]]
The '''Lahori Gate''' is the main entrance to the [[Red Fort]] in [[Delhi]]. The fort is approached through a covered street flanked by arcaded apartments called the [[Chhatta Chowk]]. Situated on the western wall of the fort, the gate received its name because it led to the city of [[Lahore]], in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]. The secondary entrance is the [[Delhi Gate (Red Fort)|Delhi Gate]].

The gateway consists of three stories, each decorated with square, rectangular and cusped arched panels. These are flanked by semi-octagonal towers crowned by two open octagonal pavilions. The whole gate is clad in red sandstone, except the roofs of the pavilions, where white stone is used.
Between the two pavilions is a screen of miniature ''[[chhatri]]''s having seven miniature marble domes. Continuing around the whole wall are flame-shaped battlements.

The gate was provided with a 10.5 high metre [[barbican]] by [[Aurangzeb]] (1658-1707), with its entrance to the north. It is said that [[Shah Jahan]], while under house arrest, wrote to Aurangzeb and criticized his decision: "You have made a fort a bride, and set a veil on it."<ref name=fanshawe>{{Cite book|author=Fanshawe.H.C|title= Delhi, Past and Present|access-date=10 June 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ4HFt5S8CcC&pg=PA6&dq=Gates+in+Delhi&lr=&ei=pHsOSs_dIYPMlQTpldjHAg#PPA46-IA1,M1|work=general introduction|pages=1–8|publisher= Asian Educational Services|year= 1998|isbn= 978-81-206-1318-8}}</ref>

Every year since [[Indian Independence Day]] in 1947, the national flag has been raised and the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] has made a speech from the ramparts at the gate. In the 1980s, the security of the area was increased by blocking the tower windows as a security measure against sniper attacks. A lift was also added to the gate.<ref name = patrick>{{Cite book|author=Patrick Horton|last2=Plunkett |first2=Richard |last3=Fnlay |first3=Hugh|title=Delhi|access-date=13 June 2009|work=Walls and Gates|pages=92–94|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ee1HTcplZS0C&pg=PA92&dq=Delhi+Gates&lr=&ei=7jUzSorhFJSMkQSMl_GrBQ|publisher= Lonely Planet|year=2002|isbn= 978-1-86450-297-8}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed heights=190px style="text-align:left">
Ghulam Ali Khan 004.jpg|Painting of Lahori gate by Ghulam Ali Khan, Mughal period, 1852-4
Close up of Red Fort.jpg|Lahori gate in 2013
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[Gates of Delhi]]
* [[List of Gates in Aurangabad, Maharashtra]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat-inline|Lahori Gate (Red Fort)}}
* [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1600_1699/redfortdelhi/lahorigate/lahorigate.html columbia.edu]

[[Category:Red Fort]]
[[Category:Gates of Delhi]]

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