Delhi Gate, Delhi
{{Short description|Historical Place Situated in Delhi}}
{{About|the Delhi Gate in Delhi|the one in Lahore|Delhi Gate, Lahore|other uses|Delhi Gate (disambiguation){{!}}Delhi Gate}}
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Delhi Gate is the southern gate in the historic walled city of Delhi, or Shahjahanabad in 1638 AD. The gate links the New Delhi city with the old walled city of Delhi. It stands in the middle of the road, at the end of Netaji Subhash Chandra Road (or Netaji Subhash Marg), at the edge of Daryaganj.{{Cite web|last=City|first=So|date=2017-03-27|title=Biryani & Kebabs, Lassi And The Daryaganj Book Market: The Delhi Gate Is One Buzzing Hub|url=https://so.city/delhi/article/delhi-gate-new-delhi|access-date=2021-09-30|website=So City|language=en}}
History
The Gate was built by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1638 as part of the rubble– built high fort walls that encircled the Shahjahanabad, the seventh city of Delhi. The emperor used this gate to go to the Jama Masjid for prayer.
Architecture
The gate is similar in design and architecture to the northern gate of the walled city, the Kashmiri Gate (1853). It was built in sandstone and is an impressive and large structure. Near the gate entry, two stone carvings of elephants were erected.
The road from this gate passes through Daryaganj leading to the Kashmiri gate. A part of the fort wall to the east has been demolished to build the Old Delhi Railway Station while the wall to the west exists.
The gate is now a heritage site maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.{{Cite book|author=Fanshawe.H.C.|title= Delhi, Past and Present|access-date=10 June 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ4HFt5S8CcC&dq=Gates+in+Delhi&pg=PA6|work=general introduction|pages=1–8|publisher= Asian Educational Services|year= 1998|isbn= 978-81-206-1318-8}}{{cite web|url=http://asi.nic.in/PDF_data/detailed_proposal.pdf|title=Commonwealth Games-2010, Conservation, Restoration and Upgradation of Public Amenities at Protected Monuments|work=Qila Rai Pithora Wall|page=55|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi Circle|year=2006|access-date=30 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011160921/http://asi.nic.in/PDF_data/detailed_proposal.pdf|archive-date=11 October 2011|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/01-15Jun04-Print-Edition/011506200496.htm|title= Dilli's gates and windows |access-date=17 May 2009|author=Mahtab Jahan|publisher= MG The Milli Gazette Indian Muslims leading new paper|year=2004}}{{Cite book|author=Patrick Horton |author2=Richard Plunkett |author3=Hugh Fnlay|title=Delhi|access-date=13 June 2009|work=Walls and gates|pages=92–94|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ee1HTcplZS0C&dq=Delhi+Gates&pg=PA92|publisher= Lonely Planet|year=2002|isbn= 978-1-86450-297-8}}