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Kashmiri Gate |
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| Located near the Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT)
on the north of the walled city, Kashmiri Gate was one of the
important gates of Shahjahanabad as the royal processions of
emperors used to pass through the gate on their trips to Kashmir
or northern India. However, when the British came to this walled
city, they strengthened the walls and gates of the city as a
precautionary step to counter alien attack. In the process,
they fortified Kashmiri gate in 1835 and made it a double gateway
later. Thus the gate became the only gate of the city with double
openings, one for entrance and the other as an exit. |
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| Kashmiri Gate is historically important because
during the 1857 war of Independence, the site was the scene
of intense fighting. The fighters fired canon balls from the
ramparts of this gate on the British army causing causalities.
The English army in order to retake Delhi finally had to blow
up the gate with much difficulty. Later when the British developed
the Civil Lines area, Kashmiri Gate became the commercial center
of Delhi. |
| Today, the gate is situated near a busy thoroughfare
and a marketplace hardly noticed by passersby. However, one
can still see the damage on the gate caused by the British bombardment.
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