Tughlaqabad Fort

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Despite being monitored by Delhi High Court and occasionally even by Supreme Court, work on a survey to weed out encroachers and preserve the historic Tughlaqabad Fort appears to be going around in circles. 

About Tughlaqabad Fort

• It is located in South Delhi.
• It was built by the founder of the Tughlaq Dynasty, Ghiyas-ud-din-Tughlaq in 1321.
• Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq, also called Ghazi Malik, was the slave who served Sultan Mubarak Khilji of the Khilji Dynasty.
• Ghazi Malik drove away the Khilji ruler and built his city of Tughlaqabad and the fort. 
• Established as the 3rd historic city, the fort was later abandoned in 1327 after a curse given by Nizamuddin Auliya. 

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Tughlaqabad Fort Features

• The fort is divided into three parts: the main city area with houses built along a rectangular grid between its gates, the citadel with a tower at its highest point known as Bijai-Mandal, and the adjacent palace area containing the royal residences. 
• The fort is an irregular rectangle gigantic stone structure, with walls that are 10-15 m high and covers an area of more than 6.5 km.
•  Crowning the walls are battlement parapets and bastions. 
• The fortified city contained artificial lakes and other rainwater tanks. 
• On the southern side of the fort is the tomb of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, which was built in 1325 AD by the ruler himself. 
• Ghiyas-ud-din’s successor,  Muhammad Tughluq (1325-51), added the small fortress of ‘Adilabad on the hill south of Tughluqabad, with which it shares the main characteristics of construction.

Source: MSN