2007-08-22 20:35:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ India ➔ Delhi and NCR
The Red Fort was the palace for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad, the seventh Muslim city in the Delhi site. He moved his capital from Agra in a move designed to bring prestige to his reign, and to provide ample opportunity to apply his ambitious building schemes and interests. The Red Fort stands at the eastern edge of Shahjahanabad, and gets its name from the massive wall of red sandstone that defines its four sides. The wall is 1.5 miles (2.5 km) long, and varies in height from 60ft (16m) on the river side to 110 ft (33 m) towards the city. Measurements have shown that the plan was generated using a square grid of 82 m.
2007-08-23 09:20:11 · answer #1 · answered by maluguy671 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Who Made Red Fort
2016-12-12 18:55:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prithviraj Raso, a contemporary chronicle tells us that Prithviraj Chauhan, the king who ruled Ajmer and Delhi, lived in a palace on the bank of river Yamuna. Traditional accounts also tell us that Prithviraj’s palace was known as Lal-Kot, that is, a red-walled structure. The only building in Delhi which answers four-square to these specifications is what is today known as the Red Fort. And yet the Mogul emperor Shahjahan is being wrongly given the credit of having built the Red Fort in Delhi.
2016-03-13 00:16:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, after ruling from Agra for eleven years, decided to shift to Delhi and laid the foundation stone of the Red Fort in 1618. For its inauguration in 1647, the main halls of the palace were draped in rich tapestry and covered with silk from china and velvet from Turkey. With a circumference of almost one and a half miles, the fort is an irregular octagon and has two entrances, the Lahore and Delhi Gates.
2007-08-22 21:56:41 · answer #4 · answered by Sarika N 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Red Fort was the palace for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad, the seventh Muslim city in the Delhi site. He moved his capital from Agra in a move designed to bring prestige to his reign, and to provide ample opportunity to apply his ambitious building schemes and interests. The Red Fort stands at the eastern edge of Shahjahanabad, and gets its name from the massive wall of red sandstone that defines its four sides. The wall is 1.5 miles (2.5 km) long, and varies in height from 60ft (16m) on the river side to 110 ft (33 m) towards the city. Measurements have shown that the plan was generated using a square grid of 82 m.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Fort
2007-08-22 20:48:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shah Jahan made the Red fort in Delhi. It is called Red Fort as it is made up of Red Sandstone. For more places in Delhi, check, http://www.holidayiq.com/states/Delhi-Overview.html
2007-08-23 19:01:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shah Jahan made the red fort in Delhi.
2007-08-24 08:40:23 · answer #7 · answered by Angrej B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shah Jahan made the red fort in Delhi.
2007-08-22 23:24:54 · answer #8 · answered by happy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan
2007-08-25 13:39:21 · answer #9 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Under the orders of the Moghul Emperor, artisans and masons built it.
2007-08-25 22:01:24 · answer #10 · answered by jimmybond 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋