Interesting facts about the Red Fort
1. Shah Jahan started the construction of the Red Fort in 1638 which was completed in 1648 on the site of an old fort to replace Delhi with its capital Agra.
2. When the Red Fort was inaugurated in 1648, its main rooms were decorated with precious curtains. It was decorated with Turkish velvet and Chinese silk.
3. About one crore rupees were spent in making it. Accordingly, it was the most expensive fort at the time.
4. Half of the one crore rupees was spent in building its magnificent palaces.
5. While imagining Jannat, Shah Jahan had built some parts inside the Red Fort, which was buried by the British. During the excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India, the original floor of the Red Fort was found which is found at 3 feet near Delhi Gate and its depth is up to six feet near Naubat Khana.
Other facts
In other facts, we have written those things which have no relation with the construction done by Shah Jahan and then made by Prithvi Raj Chauhan.
1. Red Fort has two entrances. One is Lahore Gate and the other is Delhi Gate. Lahore Gate is for common tourists and Delhi Gate is for VIPs.
2. The Red Fort is also built on the banks of the river Yamuna like the Taj Mahal. The trench enclosing the Red Fort was filled with water from the Yamuna itself.
3. On 11 March 1783, the Sikhs made a ruckus at the Red Fort and liberated it from the Mughals. The head of this feat goes to Sardar Baghel Singh Dhaliwal.
4. Red sandstones were used to build the Red Fort, due to which it was named Red Fort.
5. The length of the Red Fort walls is 2.5–2.5 km. The walls are 18 meters towards the Yamuna River and 33 meters towards the city.
6. In 1739, Nadarshah attacked Delhi and caused great damage to the gardens and walls of the Red Fort. Apart from this, he also massacred Hindus for three days in Delhi.
7. At the time of the revolution of 1857, revolutionaries captured the Red Fort. But the British defeated all these and took the Red Fort in their possession. After this it was made the headquarters of the British Army.
8. After destroying the residential places and gardens of this fort, the British made the prepaid grounds for the army there.
9. The last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was tried in this fort. His two sons were shot and the emperor was sent to Rangoon Jail. In this way, the Mughal kingdom that had been in existence for three centuries came to an end completely.
10. The Red Fort was handed over to the Indian Army for the independence of the country. On 22 December 2003, the army handed it over to the Indian tourism authorities.
11. In 2000, Lashkar-e-Toiba militants attacked another civilian, including 2 soldiers, in December 2000 to disrupt the ongoing India-Pakistan peace talks.
Claims of Hindu side
1. According to the Hindu side the Red Fort was built by Prithviraj Chauhan. But many also believe that it was built by Prithviraj Chauhan's grandfather Anangpal Tomar in 1060 AD.
2. According to the claim, Shah Jahan had made changes in some of its pre-made parts and got some gardens and gardens constructed. That is, he had teased it.
3. The four taps facing the pig (Varaha - an incarnation of Lord Vishnu) are still installed in a special palace in the Red Fort. Is it a symbol of Shah Jahan's Islam or evidence of Hindutva ??
4. The statue of elephants is inscribed on the main gate of the Red Fort. The Hindu Rajputs were famous for their love for king Gajo (elephants). When the idol of any kind is strongly opposed to it in Islam.
5. Not a single Islamic inscription describes the Red Fort.