Qila Rai Pithora

Qila Rai Pithora or Lal Kot is a fortified complex in present-day Delhi, which includes the . It was constructed in the reign of Tomar Rajput ruler Anangpal Tomar between c.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: building in India
  • Also known as: “Rai Pithora Fort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Qutb Minar complex and Qutb Minar.

Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
The are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at in , India. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower" in the complex, named after the religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of the Mamluk dynasty. is situated 1 km northwest of Qila Rai Pithora.

Monument
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The , also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and victory tower, built during the Delhi sultanate, and comprising the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in , South Delhi, . is situated 1 km northwest of Qila Rai Pithora.

Monument
Photo: Pawan.kamrani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a metal structure 7.21 metres high with a 41-centimetre diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II, and now stands in the Qutb complex at in , . is situated 1 km northwest of Qila Rai Pithora.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mehrauli and Saket.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in , , India. It represents a constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The area is close to Gurugram and next to Vasant Kunj.

Suburb
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is a residential colony and the administrative headquarters of the South Delhi district of in . The local district headquarters are also situated on M.B.

Suburb
is a residential locality in South Delhi. Situated between and , its namesake is the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya. was initially a part of the Shahpur Jat village, in which after partition was populated in the 1950s by refugees from , after the Partition of India.

Qila Rai Pithora

Latitude
28.51944° or 28° 31′ 10″ north
Longitude
77.19472° or 77° 11′ 41″ east
Open location code
7JWVG59V+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 632857886
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q14512138
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Qila Rai Pithora” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة راي بيثورا”
  • Hindi: “किला राय पिथौरा”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਿਲਾ ਰਾਏ ਪਿਥੋਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਰਾਏ ਪਿਥੋਰ”
  • Persian: “قلعه رائی پتهورا”
  • Tamil: “ராய் பித்தோராவின் கோட்டை”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіла-Рай-Пітхора”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ رائے پتھورا”

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