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| | #REDIRECT [[Delhi Gate, Red Fort]] |
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| [[File:Delhi Gate, Red Fort.jpg|thumb|Delhi Gate, the second entrance to the Red Fort]] | |
| The '''Delhi Gate''' is an entrance to the [[Red Fort]] in [[Delhi]] and is on the Fort's southern wall. The gate received its name from the Fort's city. The primary gate is the [[Lahori Gate (Red Fort)|Lahori Gate]], which is very similar in appearance.
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| The gate was constructed under [[Shah Jahan]]. It was provided with a 10.5 high metre [[barbican]] by [[Aurangzeb]], facing west.
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| The gateway consists of three stories and is decorated with square, rectangular, and [[Multifoil arch|cusped arched]] panels. These panels are flanked by semi-octagonal towers crowned by two open octagonal pavilions. Red sandstone adorns the gate while the pavilion roofs are in white stone.
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| Between the two pavilions is a screen of miniature ''[[chhatri]]s'' with seven miniature marble domes. Flame-shaped battlements encompass the wall.
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| Near it on the right the last emperor was imprisoned after September 1857. Between the inner and outer gates stand two large stone elephants without riders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chrisputro.com/indianepal/may14.htm|title=May 14: Delhi|publisher=chrisputro.com|accessdate=7 July 2018}}</ref> They were replaced here by the gift of [[Lord Curzon]]. Beyond the southern glacis of the fort, on which a cross marks the site of the old cemetery, are the gardens and cantonment of Darya-ganj. The latter is bounded on the west by the Faiz Bazar leading to the Delhi Gate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/196|title=A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon .|publisher=|accessdate=12 October 2016}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| [[Category:Red Fort]]
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| [[Category:Gates of Delhi]]
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