Tughlakabad Fort

Description

Tughlaqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi, stretching over 6 km, built by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, the founder of Tughlaq dynasty, of the Delhi Sultanate of India in 1321, as he established the third historic city of Delhi, which was later abandoned in 1327. It lends its name to the nearby Tughlaqabad residential-commercial area as well as the Tughlaqabad Institutional Area. Tughlaq also built Qutub-Badarpur Road, which connected the new city to the Grand Trunk Road. The road is now known as Mehrauli-Badarpur Road.

History

Ghazi Malik was a feudatory of the Khalji rulers of Delhi, India. Once while on a walk with his Khilji master, Ghazi Malik suggested that the king build a fort on a hillock in the southern portion of Delhi. The king jokingly told Ghazi Malik for building the fort himself when he would become king. In 1321, Ghazi Malik drove away from the Khaljis and assumed the title of Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq, starting the Tughlaq dynasty. He immediately started the construction of his fabled city, which he dreamt of as an impregnable, yet beautiful fort to keep away the Mongol marauders. However, destiny would not be as he would have liked. The Curse of Nizamuddin Auliya Ghias-ud-din is usually perceived as a liberal ruler. However, he was so passionate about his dream fort that he issued a dictate that all laborers in Delhi must work on his fort. Saint Nizamuddin Auliya, a Sufi mystic, got incensed as the work on his baoli (well) was stopped. The confrontation between the Sufi saint and the royal emperor has become a legend in India. The saint uttered a curse which was to resonate throughout history right until today: Ya rahey Gujjar, ya basey Gujjar which can roughly be translated to "either remain inhabited or would live Gujjars". So, after the fall of the sultanate, Gujjars of the area captured the Qila and till date village Tughlakabad is situated in it.

Full Address

Tughlakabad Fort, Tughlaqabad Fort, Tughlakabad, New Delhi, Delhi 110044

Type of Place

Historical
Monuments
Park
Picnic Spot
Romantic

Prefered For

Couples
Friends

Transportation

IGI Airport.
Tughlakabad Metro Station.
Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station.

Important Information

Best Time To Visit : Morning 7:30 AM Onwards. Entry Fee : Rs. 5 For (Indians), Rs. 100 For (Foreingners). Children upto 15 years of age can enter free. Photography : Allowed

Attraction

Military style of Architecture the crumbling ruins of the Tughlaqabad Fort convey a sense of lost grandeur. The massive ramparts, battlements, and the mammoth stonework of this fort speak highly of the engineering skills of the workers who constructed it. The fort served the dual purpose of a defensive structure as well as the imperial capital of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. There are a number of monuments within the precincts of this massive fort.

Things to Buy

Things to Eat

Parathas, Chaat, Butter Chicken, Kebabs, Chole Bhature, Biryani, Momos etc.

Things to enjoy

Leave Delhi’s madding crowds behind and enter a zone of solitude, let your hair down and see yourself become a child as you run up & down fort ramps where once richly caparisoned elephants walked into the grand fort entrances with the Sultans on their backs. Jump over fort walls, walk amongst wild grass growing in palace room ruins or see if you can trace the secret tunnel that leads from Tughlaqabad fort to the unknown citadel of Adilabad.