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The Iron Pillar is located at Mehruli in Old Delhi. It is a part of Qutub complex .As per the Iron Pillar inscriptions, Iron pillar was built by Gupta King Chandragupta II. However, according to some experts it might be during the reign of King Samudragupta when Iron Pillar was built.      The exact construction year of the Iron Pillar is still under research. As per the inscriptions of Iron Pillar in Sanskrit which states the name “Chandra” in it, it was built during the Gupta Dynasty.     According to Percy Brown, this pillar is a remarkable tribute to the genius and manipulative dexterity of the Indian worker. Dr. Vincent Smith says, such a pillar would have been an impossibility in the largest foundries of the world.         The height of the Iron Pillar from top to bottom, is 7.21 m (23ft 8in), 1.12 m (3ft 8in) of which is below the ground.The pillar's lower diameter is 420 m.m (17 in), and its upper diameter is 30...

Lal-Qila or Red Fort                                                                                                         We all are interested to learn more about history, but many of us feel repellent when they have to write one page after another in the examination hall. After all, we have read about 'Red Fort' in books in our school and college lives, even nowadays its picture visible on the back of ₹500 note. When we read or hear the word 'Red Fort' or 'Lal Qila' then all at once the image of Laho...

                  The India Gate (originally called the All India War Memorial), the icon of Delhi, stands at the eastern end of Rajpath (formerly Kingsway). India Gate is a memorial to the soldiers of the undivided Indian Army who died in the period of the First World War. It is also dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Of these 13,000+ names inscribed on the India Gate.     The India Gate stands 42 meters high and is inspired by the Arc-de-Triomphe in Paris. Near the top both its faces is inscribed with the legend INDIA, flanked by the Roman numerals MCMXIV (1914, left) and MCMXIX (1919, right).                The India Gate is designed by Edwin Lutyens, the chief architect of New Delhi. Lutynes specialized in the design of war memorial and has designed 66 war memorial all over Europe.