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'''Khooni Darwaza''' ({{lang-hi|खूनी दरवाज़ा}}, {{lang-ur|خونی دروازہ}} literally ''The Gate of Blood''), also referred to as '''Lal Darwaza''' ([[Hindi language|Hindi]]:लाल दरवाज़ा, ''Red Gate''), is located near [[Delhi Gate (Delhi)|Delhi Gate]], on the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in [[Delhi]], [[India]]. It is one of the 13 surviving gates in Delhi. It is just south of the fortified [[Old Delhi]] and was constructed by [[Sher Shah Suri]].<ref name="hinduonnet"/><br />
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==Location==<br />
Khooni Darwaza was situated on an open tract of land before the rise of modern buildings around it. It lies today on the [[Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg]] opposite the [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla cricket ground]], which lies to its east. To the west is the entrance to the [[Maulana Azad Medical College]]. It lies about half a kilometre to the south of the Delhi Gate of [[Old Delhi]].<ref name="hinduonnet"/><br />
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==History==<br />
*Emperor [[Jahangir]] who succeeded his father [[Akbar]] to the throne, was opposed by some of Akbar's [[Navaratnas]]. He ordered that two sons of [[Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana]], one of the Navratnas, be executed at the Khooni Darwaza. Their bodies were left to rot at the gate.<ref name="hinduonnet">{{cite news | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/02/stories/2002120200470200.htm | title=Delhi's Khooni Darwaza... wicked as ever | work=The Hindu (newspaper)| date=2 December 2002 | accessdate=2 January 2018 | author=Smith, R.V.}}</ref><br />
*[[Aurangzeb]] (Shah Jahan's son) defeated his elder brother [[Dara Shikoh]] in the struggle for the throne and had his head displayed at the gate.<ref name="hinduonnet"/><br />
*The gate is supposed to have seen bloodshed in 1739 when Delhi was ransacked by [[Nadir Shah]] of [[Persia]].<ref name="Indiaheritage">{{cite web | archive-date=1 July 2006 | url=http://www.indiaheritage.org/history/history_of_europeans.htm | title=The History of India: Coming of the Europeans | work=India Heritage | accessdate=2 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060701042213/http://www.indiaheritage.org/history/history_of_europeans.htm}}</ref> However, this is also disputed - according to some sources, this massacre occurred at another gate of the same name located in the Dariba locality of [[Chandni Chowk]].<ref name="hinduonnet" /><br />
*A few stories also refer to the place being called Khooni Darwaza during the Mughal reign but there is no record of any mention of the name before 1857.<br />
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===Killing of Mughal princes===<br />
The Khooni Darwaza (Bloody Gate) is first found by name in literature after three princes of the [[Mughal dynasty]] - [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]]'s sons [[Mirza Mughal]] and [[Mirza Khizr Sultan]] and grandson [[Mirza Abu Bakht]], were shot by a British officer, Major [[William Stephen Raikes Hodson|William Hodson]], on 22 September 1857 during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] (also known as the Indian Mutiny of 1857 or the First war of independence. Hodson obtained the surrender of the Emperor, and the next day asked for an unconditional surrender from the three princes at [[Humayun's Tomb]]. Hodson arrested about 16 members of the Emperor's family and was transporting them from Humayun's Tomb in a bullock cart accompanied by a detachment of 100 "[[sowars]]" (Indian cavalrymen in the British service). On reaching this gate, he was stopped and surrounded by thousands of Muslims, with white cloth tied on their foreheads (a symbol for the shroud) Jehadis or Ghazis. Hodson later recalled, "I was surrounded on all sides by [[Ghazi (warrior)|Ghazis]] as far as my eyes could see." It is said that Hodson ordered the three to get down at the spot, stripped them naked and shot them dead at point blank range.<ref>{{cite book|first=William|last=Dalrymple|page=[https://archive.org/details/lastmughalfallof0000dalr/page/398 398]|title=The Last Mughal|ISBN=978-0-7475-8726-2|url=https://archive.org/details/lastmughalfallof0000dalr/page/398}}</ref> The bodies were then taken away and put up for public display for three days in front of a Kotwali near [[Chandni Chowk]].<ref name="hinduonnet"/><br />
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The Khooni Darwaza was an archway at the time of the revolt of 1857 and not a gate in the traditional sense.<ref>{{cite book|first=William|last=Dalrymple|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lastmughalfallof0000dalr/page/397 397]|title=The Last Mughal|ISBN=978-0-7475-8726-2|url=https://archive.org/details/lastmughalfallof0000dalr/page/397}}</ref> It is often mistaken for the original Kabuli Gate of Old Delhi.{{by whom?|date=July 2018}}<br />
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==Post-independence==<br />
During the [[Partition of India|riots of 1947]], more bloodshed occurred near the gate when several refugees going to the camp established in Purana Qila were killed here.<ref name="hinduonnet"/><br />
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Khooni Darwaza is today a protected monument under the aegis of the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<br />
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It gained more notoriety in November 2002 when a medical student was [[rape]]d there by three youths.<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web|title=Yahoo news |url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/050106/139/2ivbv.html |accessdate=2 January 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110161656/http://in.news.yahoo.com/050106/139/2ivbv.html |archivedate=10 November 2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> The incident sparked much uproar and was also discussed in the [[Parliament of India]].<ref name="Rajyasabha">{{cite web |title=Mention in Rajya Sabha |url=http://164.100.24.167/rsdebate/synopsis/197/21112002.htm |accessdate=2 January 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041120202714/http://164.100.24.167/rsdebate/synopsis/197/21112002.htm |archivedate=20 November 2004 }}</ref> Following the incident, the monument was sealed to the general public.<br />
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==Architecture==<br />
The gate is {{convert|15.5|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} high and built with Delhi [[quartzite]] stone. Three staircases lead to different levels of the gate.<ref name="hinduonnet"/><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Khuni Darwaza Front view.jpg|Khuni Darwaza Front view.<br />
File:Khuni Darwaza front view, details.jpg|Khuni Darwaza front view, details<br />
File:Khuni Darwaza side.jpg|A side view of the Khuni Darwaza<br />
File:Khuni Darwaza rear view, Delhi.jpg|Khuni Darwaza rear view<br />
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==References==<br />
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* ''The Last Mughal'', by William Dalrymple, Viking Penguin, 2006, {{ISBN|0-670-99925-3}}<br />
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