7 Interesting Facts about the Red Fort, New Delhi

travel www.dreamtrix.com Circled Dot Red fort is an iconic monument & a place of historical monument in New Delhi, India. Lets see some interesting facts about it...

Actual name

[{"selector":"#anim-b5683658-abdc-442a-974b-ee4ef41f261e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.64968%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4759951d-3cc7-45d3-993e-c0cad6af939e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c33777ad-7707-458d-a81d-5f968d6d0d64","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-280bffc2-f0a5-43e3-8080-b565043d6c3f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0a2168a5-c9e7-47d3-832d-892ca81eb9ce","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.42007%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The actual name of Red Fort was Quila-e-Mubarak. Shah Jahan built the fort when he shifted his capital from Agra to Delhi. 01

Construction time

[{"selector":"#anim-9b262fea-f23c-416d-826c-3c2e57d229c1","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.64968%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4bff4781-4558-465d-95fb-5828c99dd5a5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1b6bb1fb-62db-45e0-8a2e-8c452869c14d","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f5bdec7b-75d5-471a-96b8-c7f3f0db8020","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-03513cdf-1ef6-403e-90a3-476e782c9d85","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.42007%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] It took Ustad Ahmed 10 long years to build RedFort. The construction originally started in the year 1638. 02

Kohinoor Diamond

[{"selector":"#anim-ec1eed63-0208-4d0c-b9ec-e69cf34fd759","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.64968%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1ef5e9a0-21e9-4d52-b303-2300b1097b2a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5b8278b6-dca0-40cc-b2f3-0b6737d0cb31","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-11d726c3-b17e-44ee-8103-83c6b4b4cf4a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-de95be71-f60a-45cd-90be-95d907c16b16","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.42007%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The valuable Kohinoor Diamond was actually a part of Shah Jahan's royal throne in Red Fort, located in Diwan-i-Khas. 03

Rang Mahal

[{"selector":"#anim-ee694b23-bbc9-4062-87f0-784f375e5e83","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-116.71975%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-78bdc6f0-9bb2-4169-83d5-61dbbfadd97c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4b989bbb-14cc-4671-b5b3-5cdc3650e2a3","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e0a49d92-2cd0-4c1c-a142-4eb5e7077fac","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-be9ab819-86a0-40c0-889f-7219d02e3593","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.67398%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Rang Mahal or the palace of colours is one of the beautiful palaces in Red Fort with remarkable architecture. 04

Gates

[{"selector":"#anim-c816aa14-b4a7-424f-9b80-25a74431720a","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.64968%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-21d48ae5-644c-4c71-a7eb-f4b7daec641f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bcd67c9e-e07b-4311-84b9-a5ff137cb651","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0e98e9e6-f082-4eb0-8c7b-8ced614b5f81","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cf666d5a-bb08-447d-8333-1a7b6d7c5c9f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.42007%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Two magnificent gates which looks similar, serves as an entrance to the Red Fort, one is the Lahori Gate and the other is Delhi Gate. 05

Shape

[{"selector":"#anim-38e0fafe-09bb-45e9-9f4f-f2c457f2cd9e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.64968%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fd584218-0727-4bf3-b7e0-f4d1e333b958","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c5e8276f-0044-4329-b11d-17e289c17f50","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2e120aeb-b283-4e01-90fc-10f047f91682","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-20995251-d967-424e-8181-cd9abee9cd51","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.42007%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The breathtaking architecture of Red Fort reveals it's octagonal shape when viewed from the top. 06

Independence Day

[{"selector":"#anim-92b3ecd5-ab6f-49c6-a3fa-e3741ca0acba","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.64968%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ba6fe869-8e68-4156-8993-9b9c4d86f081","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fcde93d7-ef9f-48e6-98ee-7b0084e0b98f","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6caf5c2f-cb03-48f5-bd13-0100b738d8fd","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-06806345-d753-4bb8-afd7-a1bdc4bbb8f9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.42007%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Since the first Independence Day, every year the Prime Minister gives speech from the Red Fort. 07

www.dreamtrix.com

[{"selector":"#anim-30d56e1e-d971-4f5e-913a-9987abc98b25","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-123.74101%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8cdbd0fc-0833-48d0-82c3-7289d627349b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-98325706-3680-4436-bd94-cef558786fe7","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e7af8f46-bccb-4020-8de5-7c2069d79a79","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.68628%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0017c791-a619-4d64-9197-e9be7e384612","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ed28fc4d-5a1f-4585-b20d-d0b7439ee3e3","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":400,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] or visit us at Thanks for reading the story!