Red fort

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 1 Context The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition by the wife of the late Mirza Mohammed Bedar Bakht, great-grandson of last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar to hand over to her the possession of the Red Fort. The Red Fort The Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad – the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan, after ruling from Agra for eleven years, decided to shift to Delhi and laid the foundation stone of the Red Fort in 1618.  Named for its massive enclosing walls of red....Read More