Safarnama

Red Fort

Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi

Shah Jahan's palace-fortress of 1639–48, its red sandstone walls enclosing marble audience halls; British troops barracked in it after 1857 and India took its flag here in 1947.

Closed Mondays. Buy tickets online and enter through Lahori Gate.

Time to allow
2.5 hrs

In the Delhi itinerary

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