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Delhi Gate of Naman is the
southern gate in the historic
walled city of Delhi
Old Delhi or Purani Dilli is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan (the Mughal emperor at the time) decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra. Th ...
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Shahjahanabad
Old Delhi or Purani Dilli is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan (the Mughal Empire, Mughal Mughal emperors, emperor at the time) decided to shift t ...
in 1638 AD. The gate links the
New Delhi
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city with the old walled city of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
. 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
Daryaganj (literally "A market near a river") is a neighbourhood of Delhi inside the walled city of Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi). The "darya" (lit. "River") refers to the river Yamuna which was just outside the walled city. Daryaganj is one of the ...
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History
The Gate was built by
Emperor
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Shah Jahan in 1638 as part of the rubble– built high fort walls that encircled the Shahjahanabad, the seventh city of Delhi. The
emperor
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used this gate to go to the
Jama Masjid
A congregational mosque or Friday mosque (, ''masjid jāmi‘'', or simply: , ''jāmi‘''; ), or sometimes great mosque or grand mosque (, ''jāmi‘ kabir''; ), is a mosque for hosting the Friday noon prayers known as ''jumu'ah''.*
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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
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
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
Daryaganj (literally "A market near a river") is a neighbourhood of Delhi inside the walled city of Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi). The "darya" (lit. "River") refers to the river Yamuna which was just outside the walled city. Daryaganj is one of the ...
leading to the
Kashmiri gate. A part of the fort wall to the east has been demolished to build the
Old Delhi Railway Station
Delhi Junction railway station is the oldest railway station in Old Delhi, Delhi, India. It is one of the busiest railway stations in India in terms of frequency. Around 250 trains start, end, or pass through the station daily. It was establish ...
while the wall to the west exists.
The gate is now a heritage site maintained by the
Archaeological Survey of India
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See also
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Gates of Delhi
The Gates of Delhi were city gates in Delhi, India, built under dynastic rulers in the period that could be dated from the 8th century to the 20th century. They are the gates in:
* the ancient city of Qila Rai Pithora or Lal Kot, also called the f ...
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Monuments of National Importance in Delhi
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References
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Gates of Delhi
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Archaeological monuments in Delhi
Monuments of National Importance in Delhi