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[[File:Bhadkal Gate.JPG|thumb|right|300px|[[Bhadkal Gate]], [[Aurangabad Maharashtra|Aurangabad]]]]<br />
The '''Gates of [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]]''' distinguish it from several other medieval cities in India. Each of the 52 gates have a local history or had individuals linked with it. Aurangabad is known as the '''City of Gates'''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Banerjee |first=Rajiv |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/consumer-life/history-revisited-at-aurangabad-the-city-of-gates/articleshow/4390611.cms |title=History revisited at Aurangabad the 'city of gates' - The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=2009-04-12 |accessdate=2015-08-14}}</ref><br />
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Out of the 52, only four main and nine subordinate gates have survived, the most famous, oldest and biggest of them being the [[Bhadkal Gate]] near the Naukhanda Palace of [[Nizams]].<ref name="Qureshi1999">{{cite book|author=Dulari Qureshi|title=Tourism Potential in Aurangabad: With Ajanta, Ellora, Daulatabad Fort|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKnpAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Bharatiya Kala Prakashan|isbn=978-81-86050-44-6}}</ref><br />
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==List of gates==<br />
<gallery mode="packed" caption="Gates of Aurangabad, Maharashtra" style="font-size:88%; line-height:130%; border-bottom:1px #aaa solid;" heights="180"><br />
bhadkal.jpg|[[Bhadkal Gate]]<br />
delhigate1.jpg|Delhi Gate<br />
rangeen.jpg|Rangeen Gate<br />
roshangate.jpg|Roshan Gate<br />
barapulla.jpg|Barapulla Gate<br />
paithangate.jpg|Paithan Gate<br />
Mecca gate aurangabad.jpg|Mecca Gate<br />
kaala.jpg|Kaala Gate,<br />
jaffar.jpg|Jaffar Gate<br />
naubat.jpg|Naubat Gate<br />
mahmood_gate.jpg|Mahmud Gate<br />
Makai_gate.jpg|Makai Gate<br />
Bhadkal Gate.JPG|[[Bhadkal Gate]]<br />
</gallery><br />
#Delhi Gate<br />
# Rangeen Darwaza<br />
# Islam Darwaza (kat-Kat Gate)<br />
# Roshan Gate or (Jalna Gate)<br />
# Barapulla Gate<br />
# Paithan Gate<br />
# Khaas Gate <br />
# Jaffar Gate<br />
# Quil-e-Ark (Naubat Darwaza)<br />
# Kaala Gate<br />
# Mahmud Gate<br />
# Begum Darwaza<br />
# Makai Gate (Mecca Gate)<br />
# Bhadkal Gate<br />
# Chhota Bhadkal Gate<br />
# Khizar darwaza or (Haathi Gate) or (Majnu Gate)<br />
# Khooni darwaza<br />
# Mir Adil Gate<br />
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==History==<br />
'''Aurangabad city walls'''<br />
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When Aurangzeb made Aurangabad his capital, there were 54 suburbs which were walled in the city itself, the chief of these were Begumpura and Aurangpura.<br />
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During Khan Jahan's second viceroyalty, [[Aurangzeb]] built a wall around the city in 1682, to protect it from the incursions of the [[Maratha]]s; and in 1696 he erected a similar fortified wall for Begumpura. The city wall is terraced, and is of solid masonry, but of no great height, being in many parts not more than fourteen feet. The battlements are loop-holed, and the merlins over the gateways and at certain places along the wall, are machicolated; while semi-circular bastions surmounted by towers, occur at each flanking angle, and at regular intervals along the works. The wall is pierced with thirteen gateways, exclusive of a small postern wicket, and its total length is a little over six miles. All gates barring one are associated with Aurangzeb.<br />
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The four principal entrances face the cardinal points, and consist of the '''Delhi gate''' in the north, the '''Jalna gate''' in the east, the '''Paithan gate''' in the south, and the '''Mecca gate''' in the west.<br />
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Besides these, there are the Jaffar, Khirki, Barapul, Mahmud and Roshan gates; as well as four others, now closed, the Khizri, Khadgar, Mada, and Kumhar. The Barapul had also been walled up for some time.<br />
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===Bhadkal Gate===<br />
[[Bhadkal Gate]] is the biggest gate of city. It was built by [[Deccan sultanates|Ahmadnagar]]'s, Murtaza Nizamshah's [[Vizier|Vazir]] [[Malik Ambar]]. It was built to commemorate the victory against the Mughal Empire in 1612 and is therefore also known as the victory gate. Bhadkal Gate is architecturally unique as India's first column structured building.<br />
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===Delhi Gate===<br />
The largest and the most stately gate, it was built by Aurangzeb. It is situated to the north of the city facing Delhi. It is similar to the Lahore Gate of [[Delhi]]’s Lal Quila ([[Red Fort]]).<br />
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===Paithan Gate===<br />
The gate is smaller in size and was royal gateway leading to [[Paithan]] town. This gate is smaller in size compared to other gates.<br />
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===Mecca or Makai Gate===<br />
This gate leads to Begumpura another walled quarter of the city, and is the only gate that has a canon installed on it. It faces the holy city of [[Mecca]] towards the west.<br />
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===Khas or Jalna Gate===<br />
The gate is simple in design but was disintegrating. It has been restored recently. It faces the [[Jalna city]] in the east.<br />
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===Kaala Darwaza===<br />
This gate leads to the palace fort of [[Qila-e-Ark]]. The palace had its own fortification walls and had five gates other than the Kaala darwaza all gates are in ruins.<br />
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===Roshan Gate===<br />
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This gate is located to the north of Jalna gate or Khas gate. It is bigger in size and stature as compared to Jalna gate. Roshan gate is said to have been named after Aurangezeb’s sister Roshanara to whom the emperor was much attached and she remained his favorite friend and advisor.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Tourism in Marathwada]]<br />
*[[Aurangabad Water System]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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Gazetteer Of Aurangabad (1884)<br />
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Gates]]<br />
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[[Category:Indo-Islamic architecture]]<br />
[[Category:Mughal architecture|Gates, Aurangabad]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of gates in India|Aurangabad]]<br />
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