Meeting the history

Red fort,Delhi

A glimpse of the red sandstone ramparts of Red Fort beside the swarming street of Delhi elucidated its Mughal lineage and appeared like a landmark of Mughal domination in India at the apogee of power. In its unimpeded look, I was awestruck by the sight of Lahore gate; familiar face of the fort, from where Prime Minister of India unfurls the Indian tricolour every year, the sight of Indian tricolour reminded the zeal and determination of Indian freedom fighters to hoist the tricolour on the fort.

Red fort, Delhi

Besieged by Indian security, the Red Fort emerged like a symbol of power that was visibly very close but, inaccessible, where the definition of “power” has gone through a series of evolution, during the time of Mughal Monarchy, Colonial regime, and Democratic rule after Indian independence.

Ramparts of Red fort,Delhi

Built by the emperor Shahjahan in seventeenth century, the Red Fort or Laal Qila has witnessed the glamorous days of Mughal regime, witnessed a declining Mughal domination and ravages on the street of Delhi by marauding band of Nadir Shah, witnessed the end of Mughal regime and advent of Wiltshire Regiment of British to replace the Mughal army, witnessed the excruciating trial to oust Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah and nearly a century later, trial of the soldiers of Ajad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) of Netaji Subhas at the same spot by the British government, witnessed the sun up of independent India on 15-th August 1947 with the unfurled tricolour hoisted for the first time, to commemorate Indian independence.

Inside view and British barracks inside Red fort,Delhi 

It was the Red Fort, an inexhaustible platform of hoisting historic events, where history has its ceaseless journey since medieval age to the present. With the holidaying crowd, we began our awaited rendezvous with the landmark of eternal sheen or to sate the thirst of experiencing history in the array of bereft buildings.