GK
INDIAS HERITAGE
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Quila-E-Mubarak
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Quila-E-Vatan
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Quila-E-Nizam
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Quila-E-Shohrat
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the residence of the imperial family, the fort was originally known as the “Blessed Fort” (Qila-i-Mubārak). Agra Fort is also known as Lāl Qila.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad – the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to an older fort, the Salimgarh, built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546, with which it forms the Red Fort Complex.
Detailed explanation-3: -Realising the importance of its central situation, Akbar made it his capital and arrived in Agra in 1558. His historian, Abul Fazl, recorded that this was a brick fort known as ‘Badalgarh’.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Red Fort, Lal Qila, formerly known as the Qila-e-Mubarak, was commissioned by the emperor Shah Jahan in the year 1638, it was the seat for the Mughal empire for 200 years, The Red Fort is named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone.