Yes, it's called the
Red Fort, but it was not originally built that way. As per the Archaeological
Survey of India, parts of the building were made of lime stone. When the white
stone started chipping off, the building was painted red by the British. The
Red Fort as we know it was actually called Qila-e-Mubarak or the blessed fort.
The Red Fort has two
main gates - the Delhi gate and the Lahore gate. The Lahore gate got its name
because of its orientation towards Lahore. After all, India and Pakistan used
to be the same country once.
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