Red Fort
Fortress of red sandstone built in the seventeenth century where Mughal emperors held court.
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This guide to the Red Fort in Delhi centers on Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor, an elderly poet who reigned in name only under British control. It follows the morning in May 1857 when mutinying sepoy regiments marched through the fort's gate and demanded he lead them, and the ordinary king's uneasy answer. Along the way it visits the poet Mirza Ghalib, a fixture of his court, and the marble hall whose inscription claims this is paradise on earth.
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