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Red Fort, Delhi

The Red Fort is an historic Mughal fort located in the Old Delhi area of , India. It served as the main residence of the Mughal emperors. Commissioned by Emperor Shah Jahan on the 12th of May 1639, the fort was constructed following his decision to shift the Mughal capital from to Delhi.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: historic fortress in Delhi, India
  • Also known as: “Fort”, “Lal Qila”, “Mughal Fort”, and “Red Fort”
  • Address: Delhi, 110003
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moti Masjid and Lahori Gate.

Mosque
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The is a 17th-century historical , not open for worship, inside the Red Fort complex in Old Delhi, . It was built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, damaged during the Siege of Delhi, and subsequently restored by the British. is situated 270 metres northeast of Red Fort, Delhi.

City gate
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The is the main entrance to the Red Fort in Old Delhi. The fort is approached through a covered street flanked by arcaded apartments called the . is situated 200 metres west of Red Fort, Delhi.

Monument
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The , or Hall of Audience, is a building in the Red Fort of Old Delhi where the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his successors received members of the general public and heard their grievances. is situated 150 metres east of Red Fort, Delhi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meena Bazar, Old Delhi and Chandni Chowk.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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The is a street market square it is one of the oldest and busiest markets in Old Delhi, India. Located close to the Old Delhi railway station, the Mughal-era Red Fort is located at the eastern fringes of .

Neighborhood
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is a specialized wholesale market of brass, copper and paper products. Established in 1840, with a hardware market, it was the first wholesale market of Old Delhi it lies to the west of in Delhi.

Red Fort, Delhi

Latitude
28.65572° or 28° 39′ 21″ north
Longitude
77.24074° or 77° 14′ 27″ east
Elevation
217 metres (712 feet)
Open location code
7JWVM64R+77
Open­Street­Map ID
way 264863907
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
1258261
Wiki­data ID
Q45957
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Red Fort, Delhi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحصن الأحمر”
  • Arabic: “حصن دلهي”
  • Arabic: “قلعة سرخ”
  • Arabic: “قلعه سرخ”
  • Arabic: “لال قلعة”
  • Assamese: “লালকিল্লা”
  • Asturian: “Fuerte coloráu de Delhi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qırmızı Qala”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡыҙыл форт”
  • Basque: “Gotorleku Gorria”
  • Belarusian: “Чырвоная крэпасць у Дэлі”
  • Belarusian: “Чырвоны форт”
  • Bengali: “লাল কেল্লা”
  • Bengali: “লালকেল্লা চত্বর”
  • Bengali: “লালকেল্লা”
  • Bhojpuri: “लाल किला”
  • Bhojpuri: “लाल क़िला”
  • Bhojpuri: “लाल कोट”
  • Bhojpuri: “लालकिला”
  • Breton: “Kreñvlec’h ruz Delhi”
  • Bulgarian: “Червен форт”
  • Burmese: “ခံတပ်နီ”
  • Catalan: “fort Vermell”
  • Catalan: “Fort Vermell”
  • Chinese: “德里红堡”
  • Chinese: “紅堡”
  • Chinese: “红堡”
  • Croatian: “Crvena palača”
  • Croatian: “Crvena utvrda”
  • Czech: “Červená pevnost”
  • Dhivehi: “ރެޑް ފޯރޓް”
  • Dutch: “Rode Fort (Delhi)”
  • Dutch: “Rode Fort van Lal Qila”
  • Dutch: “Rode Fort”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة لال”
  • Esperanto: “Ruĝa fortikaĵo”
  • Esperanto: “Ruĝa Fortikaĵo”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Red fort”
  • Finnish: “Punainen linnoitus”
  • French: “fort Rouge”
  • French: “Fort Rouge”
  • French: “Palais-fort de Shahjahanabad”
  • Georgian: “წითელი ფორტი”
  • German: “Rotes Fort”
  • Greek: “Κόκκινο Οχυρό”
  • Gujarati: “લાલ કિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “המצודה האדומה בדלהי”
  • Hebrew: “המצודה האדומה”
  • Hindi: “रेड फोर्ट”
  • Hindi: “रेड फ़ोर्ट”
  • Hindi: “लाल किला दिल्ली”
  • Hindi: “लाल किला”
  • Hindi: “लाल क़िला”
  • Hindi: “लालकिला”
  • Hungarian: “Vörös Erőd”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Merah”
  • Italian: “Forte di Delhi”
  • Italian: “Forte rosso”
  • Italian: “Lal Qil’ah”
  • Japanese: “デリー城”
  • Japanese: “ラール・キラー”
  • Japanese: “レッド・フォート”
  • Japanese: “レッドフォート”
  • Japanese: “赤い城”
  • Japanese: “赤い砦”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆಂಪು ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾಲ್ ಕ್ವಿಲಾ ಮತ್ತು ಚೆಂಕೋಟಾ ಕೆಂಪು ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Komering: “Binting Siyaw”
  • Korean: “델리 성”
  • Korean: “붉은 성”
  • Korean: “붉은 요새”
  • Latvian: “Sarkanais forts”
  • Lithuanian: “Raudonasis fortas”
  • Maithili: “रेड फोर्ट”
  • Maithili: “लाल किला”
  • Malay: “Benteng Merah”
  • Malay: “Kubu Merah”
  • Malayalam: “Red Fort”
  • Malayalam: “ചുവപ്പു കോട്ട”
  • Malayalam: “ചുവപ്പുകോട്ട”
  • Malayalam: “ചെങ്കോട്ട”
  • Maltese: “Forti l-Aħmar”
  • Maltese: “Lal Qila”
  • Marathi: “लाल किल्ला”
  • Mazanderani: “سرخ قلعه”
  • Nepali: “रेड फोर्ट”
  • Nepali: “लाल किल्ला परिसर”
  • Nepali: “लाल किल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det røde fortet”
  • Norwegian: “Det røde fortet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fòrt Roge”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rēad Burg”
  • Oriya: “ଲାଲ କିଲା”
  • Oriya: “ଲାଲ କିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਾਲ ਕਿਲਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਾਲ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “قلعه سرخ”
  • Persian: “قلعهٔ سرخ”
  • Persian: “لال قلعه”
  • Persian: “لعل قلعه”
  • Polish: “Czerwony Fort”
  • Polish: “Fort Delhi”
  • Portuguese: “Conjunto do Forte Vermelho”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Vermelho”
  • Portuguese: “Red Fort”
  • Russian: “Красный форт”
  • Russian: “Лал-Кила”
  • Sanskrit: “अजन्तागुहाः”
  • Sanskrit: “रक्तदुर्गम्”
  • Sanskrit: “रेड् फोर्ट्”
  • Serbian: “Crveno utvrđenje”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Crvena palača”
  • Slovak: “Červená pevnosť”
  • Slovak: “Lál kilá”
  • Slovenian: “Rdeča trdnjava”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte rojo de Delhi”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Rojo de Delhi”
  • Spanish: “Lal Qila”
  • Swedish: “Röda fortet i Delhi”
  • Tagalog: “Pulang Kuta”
  • Tagalog: “Red Fort”
  • Tamil: “செங்கோட்டை”
  • Telugu: “ఎర్ర కోట”
  • Telugu: “ఎర్రకోట”
  • Telugu: “ఎఱ్ఱకోట”
  • Telugu: “యెర్ర కొత”
  • Telugu: “లాల్ ఖిలా”
  • Thai: “ป้อมแดง”
  • Turkish: “Kızıl Kale”
  • Ukrainian: “Червоний форт”
  • Urdu: “لال قلعہ”
  • Uzbek: “Qizil qal’a”
  • Uzbek: “Qizil qalʼa”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Đỏ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pula nga kuta”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Red Fort”
  • Welsh: “Amddiffynfa Goch”
  • Western Panjabi: “لال قلعہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “德里红堡”
  • Yue Chinese: “紅堡”
  • “लाल किला”

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