TUGHLAQABAD FORT DELHI

TUGHLAQABAD FORT DELHI

                                                                 

Tughlaqabad Fort is a ruined fort in Delhi, stretching across 6.5 km, built by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, the founder of Tughlaq dynasty, of the Delhi Sultanate of India in 1321, which was later abandoned in 1327. It lends its name to the nearby Tughlaqabad residential-cum-commercial area as well as the Tughlaqabad Institutional Area

The story behind the foundation of Tughlaqabad is an interesting one. Ghazi Malik, the founder of the Tughlaq dynasty, was once a slave of Mubarak Khilji, the last Khilji sultan. One day, while walking by the area where the Tughlaqabad Fort is now located, Ghazi Malik suggested to his master that the rocky prominence would be an ideal site for building a fort. The Khilji sultan laughed at his slave and suggested that the slave build a fort there when he became a sultan. When Ghazi Malik, as Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, founded the Tughlaq Dynasty in 1321, he did just that-Tughlaqabad is Delhi's most colossal and awesome fort, even in its ruined state.

The fort of Tughlaqabad was completed rapidly in a short span of four years (1321-25).

HOW TO REACH TUGHALAQBAD FORT

Delhi is well connected by air, rail, and road with important cities of India and abroad. Travelers have to reach the Qutab Minar complex in order to see the Tughlaqabad Fort. They can either take local buses from various points within the city to reach this complex, which is located in the southern part of the city, or, alternatively, they can hire auto-rickshaws and taxis for the purpose. There are regular buses from important bus termini like the Interstate Bus Terminus at Kashmere Gate and Sarai Kale Khan and Connaught Place to this monument. Local guided tours conducted by Delhi Tourism and private operators cover this important monument.Travellers  can also take state transport bus service specialy started for them.

 DELHI DARSHAN

DTC daily operates Sight Seeing Tours from Scindia House.  The fare of Delhi Darshan Service AC bus is Rs.200/- for adult and Rs.100/- for the children between the age of 5 –12 years.  However the children will not be entitle for seat in the bus.

The time of journey will be from 0915 to 17.45 hrs.. 

                                                                                

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