Red Fort Delhi



      Red Fort Delhi. Have visited this more than 350 year old fort at least 7 to 8 times and carried away by its beauty. This  was built by Shahjahan  during the period  1638-1648 when he shifted his capital from  Agra to Delhi. The architect of the Fort Ustad Ahmed  Lahauri was not a  Professional  architect in the  modern sense. Without  advanced instruments he was able to build  a fort  with  pin point  geometrical  propositions. The  fort  was  looted  of its riches by  Nadir Shah in 1739 and by the British  colonialists after the  fall of Bahadur Shah Zafar II the last mogul emperor in 1857. The  loot are on display at Victoria Albert Museum,  London  and at New York Metropolitan Museum.

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