Tughlaqabad Fort

Name of the place- Tughlaqabad Fort

Picture credit- Gautam Kumar

Timings: 9am to 5pm

Visit duration: 1-2 hour

The Tughlaqabad Fort in Delhi was built by the founder of Tughlaq dynasty, Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughlaq in 1321. It was established as the fifth historic city but it was later abandoned in 1327 because it is believed that the city of Tughlaqabad is cursed by Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya. The fort city of Tughlaqabad was supposed to have 52 gates out of which only 13 remains now. It had provisions for water bodies and granaries to withstand months long seize. Tughlaqabad even in its ruined state is Delhi's most beautiful and awesome fort.

History of the Fort

Ghazi Malik was a medieval master for the Delhi-based Khilji rulers. Once, whereas taking a walk with his ace, he proposed the improvement of a Fort upon a hillock within the southern portion of Delhi. The lord clowned that Ghazi Malik would be required to construct it himself, when he expected the position of authority of Delhi. His words amusingly rang genuine as Ghazi Malik drove the Khilji rulers absent in 1321 and took the title of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, commencing his possess Tughlaq Line of rulers. He quickly begun improvement of a city, which he had been imagining of, counting a wonderful post for keeping trespassers at bay.

Legends state that Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq was tremendously enthusiastic about his modern fortification and he issued a announcement likewise expressing that all Delhi laborers were to work only for the fort. Holy person Nizamuddin Auliya, a well-known Sufi spiritualist, was rankled since the work ceased on his well or Baoli. The holy person clearly reviled that ‘Hunuz Dilli Entryway Ast’ or ‘Delhi is still away’. The head was locked in in a military campaign amid this period in Bengal. At his orders, purportedly, a tent or ‘Shamiana’ was made to drop on the emperor who was lethally smashed beneath it in 1324.

Architecture of the fort

The fort bears declaration to past wonderfulness and mightiness of the Delhi Sultanate. The gigantic defenses, bulwarks and the mammoth stonework of Tughlaqabad post talk profoundly of the structural aptitudes and headway of the experts. The Tughlaqabad fort served twin reason of a cautious structure as well as the majestic capital of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq. There are a number of landmarks inside the areas of this gigantic fort. The Tughlaqabad fortification was completed in a brief period of four a long time (1321-25). The fort's gigantic defenses and bastions (as tall as 15-30 m, built of gigantic pieces of stone and dividers 10 m thick in places) talk volumes around the might of the Sultanate. Inside fort's tall dividers, double-storied bastions and enormous towers were housed wonderful royal residences, terrific mosques and group of onlookers corridors. The city lay on the eastern edges of the enormous fort.The tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, which was built by the ruler himself is in the south of the fort. The tomb is encased in a patio with invigorated dividers and a fine case of Indo-Islamic engineering.

How to reach the Tughlaqabad fort

If you’re going there I would recommend to take a personal vehicle but if you are travelling via public transport Tughlaqbad fort is accessible by bus or metro. The nearest metro station is Govindpuri and the nearest bus stop is 34ext bus stop. The fort opens on all days from 9am to 5pm and the entry fee is 25rs per person.