Red Fort

      The Red Fort

          We all are interested to learn more about history,but many of us feel repellent when they have to write one page after another in the examination hall. After all,we have read about ‘Red Fort’ in books in our school and college lives,even nowadays its picture visible on the back of ₹500 note. When we read or hear the word ‘Red Fort’ or ‘Lal Qila’ then all at once the image of Lahori Gate comes in our mind. Red Fort is a historical fort in the city of Old Delhi in India. Ustad Ahmad Lahori,the chief architect of Taj Mahal,was also the architect of this fort. Its construction began on 12 May 1639 in the era of fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, and it took nearly nine years to be completed.

         Nowadays it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Every year on 15th August the Prime Minister of India hoists the Indian tricolour flag at the main gate and delivers speech. Although the colour of the wall has become a little bit fade,but still today it has importance, and undoubtedly it’s a part of India’s pride.