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    The Red Fort in Delhi was originally called Lal Kot and was founded in 1060 AD by the Tomar dynasty as the first city in the Delhi region. It later came under the rule of the Chauhan and Delhi Sultanate rulers before the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan constructed the Red Fort in 1639, which served as the residence for Mughal emperors for 200 years. Considered the zenith of Mughal creativity, the fort blends Persian, Timurid and Hindu architectural styles. It has since been damaged and plundered during invasions and the 1857 rebellion against the British.

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    The Red Fort in Delhi was originally called Lal Kot and was founded in 1060 AD by the Tomar dynasty as the first city in the Delhi region. It later came under the rule of the Chauhan and Delhi Sultanate rulers before the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan constructed the Red Fort in 1639, which served as the residence for Mughal emperors for 200 years. Considered the zenith of Mughal creativity, the fort blends Persian, Timurid and Hindu architectural styles. It has since been damaged and plundered during invasions and the 1857 rebellion against the British.

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    The Red Fort in Delhi was originally called Lal Kot and was founded in 1060 AD by the Tomar dynasty as the first city in the Delhi region. It later came under the rule of the Chauhan and Delhi Sultanate rulers before the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan constructed the Red Fort in 1639, which served as the residence for Mughal emperors for 200 years. Considered the zenith of Mughal creativity, the fort blends Persian, Timurid and Hindu architectural styles. It has since been damaged and plundered during invasions and the 1857 rebellion against the British.

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    According to the Department of Historians and Archeology[according to whom?

    ], the name of the Red Fort was


    actually Lalkot. Lal Kot, the red coat, which was the first built city of the present Delhi region. Location of Lal
    Kot is 40 Kilometers from Red Fort. It was founded by the ruler of Tamar ruler Anang Pal in 1060.[3] The
    evidence states that the Tomar dynasty ruled almost southwards in the South Delhi region, which started from
    700AD.[4] Then the Chauhan king, Prithvi Raj Chauhan, took the reign in the twelfth century and named that city
    and fort Kila Rai Pithora.In 1192, when Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated in the battle of Tarain by Muhammad
    Ghori, Ghori appointed one of his slaves to take over the rule of this. It was Slave Qutubuddin Aibak who
    started the Slave dynasty in Delhi Sultanate from 1206. The barrel was taken away with the people of the cast
    race, which was a stronghold of the people. King Mahalasi was killed. In these sultans, Sultan Qutbuddin
    Aibak, who initiated the administration, started making Qutub Minar which is considered a symbol of that
    period.He built Hindu temples and buildings by occupying or demolishing them on priority. [5]This also includes
    the conversion of Dhruv Stambha built in Lalkot to Qutub Minar and construction of Kuwat ul Islam Mosque,
    etc.It was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty for nearly 200 years, until 1856.[6] It is
    located in the centre of Delhi and houses a number of museums. In addition to accommodating the emperors
    and their households, it was the ceremonial and political center of the Mughal state and the setting for events
    critically impacting the region.[7]
    Constructed in 1639 by the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as the palace of his fortified
    capital Shahjahanabad, the Red Fort is named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone and is adjacent
    to the older Salimgarh Fort, built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546 AD. The imperial apartments consist of a row of
    pavilions, connected by a water channel known as the Stream of Paradise (Nahr-i-Bihisht). The fort complex is
    considered to represent the zenith of Mughal creativity under Shah Jahan,[citation needed] and although the palace
    was planned according to Islamic prototypes, each pavilion contains architectural elements typical of Mughal
    buildings that reflect a fusion of Persian, Timurid and Hindu traditions.[8] The Red Fort's innovative architectural
    style, including its garden design, influenced later buildings and gardens in
    Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kashmir, Braj, Rohilkhand and elsewhere.[7]
    The fort was plundered of its artwork and jewels during Nadir Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire in 1747.
    Most of the fort's precious marble structures were subsequently destroyed by the British following the Revolt of
    1857.[9] The fort's defensive walls were largely spared, and the fortress was subsequently used as
    a garrison.[9] The Red Fort was also the site where the British put the last Mughal Emperor on trial before exiling
    him to Yangon in 1858.[10]
    It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 as part of the Red Fort Complex.[7][11]

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