Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

  From my father's album : DELHI VISIT 1978 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.

Praveen Daju  in-front of the folk dance group outside Red Fort Lahore Gate I was at Red Fort after almost 14 years. This was the only place I had been on my Delhi tour in 1996. The small bazaar inside the Red Fort mesmerized me to the old Mughal world. Inside there was a museum that i do have a faint memory of from my last visit and the Mughal Emperor throne to conduct a local bazaar.