Kashmiri Gate
In 1857, Indian soldiers fired cannonballs from this arch at British troops — the northern gateway to a Mughal capital turned battleground.
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Shah Jahan raised this gate in the mid-17th century as the formal northern entrance to Shahjahanabad, pointing travelers toward the road to Kashmir and inward toward the Red Fort. During the 1857 Indian Rebellion, soldiers held the gate, using it to fire on British forces and coordinate resistance — giving it an outsized role in one of India's defining historical ruptures.
What to look for
- The archway itself — the original northern threshold of the walled city of Shahjahanabad, still standing
- The road alignment through the gate, oriented toward Kashmir, which gave the structure its name
- The Red Fort in the near distance — the Mughal imperial residence this gate once announced
The gate anchors a major road junction directly beside Delhi Junction railway station and the Inter-State Bus Terminal, making it reachable by train or long-distance bus.
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More to see in Delhi
- Red FortThe ramparts where Jawaharlal Nehru raised India's flag on 15 August 1947 still host that ceremony every Independence Day.
- Qutb MinarSuccessive dynasties handed this tower off across 170 years — Aibak started it in 1199, Firuz Shah Tughlaq capped it with a cupola in 1368.
- Humayun's TombThe red-sandstone ancestor of the Taj Mahal — commissioned by an empress, designed by Persian architects, and finished a century before Agra.
- Jama MasjidShah Jahan built his imperial mosque at the highest point of Shahjahanabad — the Mughal capital — and it was regarded as a symbolic gesture of Mughal power across India.
- Lotus TempleTwenty-seven marble petals, grouped in threes, fold into a single hall where any person of any faith walks in without condition.
- India GateAround 13,300 names carved in stone — soldiers lost across Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, and the Afghan frontier.