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Photo: Wikimedia CommonsEvery 15 August, India's Prime Minister raises the flag from Lahori Gate here, at the old seat of Mughal power.
A UNESCO World Heritage monument built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1648 as the seat of Mughal power in Delhi. Its red sandstone ramparts enclose palaces, halls and gardens that once housed the Peacock Throne. The fort hosts the Prime Minister's Independence Day address every August 15th. A museum inside chronicles the 1857 uprising and the Indian National Army trials held here.
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108 stone steps lead down to what was once a deep water tank, between walls built to pull your eye toward the water.
Feroz Shah Tughlaq had an Ashokan pillar moved here, and it still stands among the ruins of his fortress.
Gandhi lived here for his last 144 days, from 9 September 1947. On 30 January 1948 he was assassinated on these grounds, and a line of footsteps cast in concrete traces his last walk to the prayer meeting.