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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Monument in Gaur, West Bengal}} {{Infobox building<br />
| name = Lukochuri Darwaza<br />
| native_name = লুকোচুরি দরওয়াজা<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = Lukachuri Gateway at Gaur in Malda District 13.jpg<br />
| image_size = 300px<br />
| caption = Façade of the gate in 2018<br />
| location = [[Gauḍa (city)|Gauda]], [[Malda District|Malda]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| location_country = [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|24.868547|N|88.132011|E|region:IN-WB_type:mosque|display=inline,title|format=dms}}<br />
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| completion_date = {{start date and age|1655}}<br />
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| designation1 = MANI<br />
| designation1_offname = Lukachori Darwaza<br />
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| designation1_number = N-WB-93<br />
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal<br />
| building_type = [[Gate]]<br />
| architectural_style = [[Mughal Architecture]]<br />
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| image_upright = 1.4<br />
| pushpin_mapsize = 250px<br />
| governing_body = [[Archaeology of India]]<br />
| material = [[Brick]]<br />
| size = 255.42 m²<br />
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'''Lukochuri Darwaza''',{{Efn|also spelled '''Lukochori'''{{Sfn|Michell|1984|p=78}} and '''Lukachuri'''<ref name="asi" />}} ({{Langx|bn|লুকোচুরি দরওয়াজা|4=Hide and Seek Gate,}}) is a historic [[Mughal Empire|Mughal-era]] gateway in [[Gauḍa (city)|Gaur]], [[Malda district|Malda]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. It is situated on north of [[Gumti Darwaza|Gumti Gate]] and southeast of the [[Qadam Rasul Mosque]]. Built around the 17th century, likely under Mughal prince [[Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)|Shah Shuja]]. This three-storeyed tripartite gate has a central four-pointed [[arch]] flanked on either side by arched entrances two storeys high, features [[brick]] architecture with grand arches and served as an entrance to the Gaur citadel.{{Sfn|Michell|1984|p=78}} Part of the ancient city’s ruins, the monument is maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]].<ref name="asi">{{Cite web |title=List of Centrally Protected Monuments (ASI) |url=https://www.nma.gov.in/showfile.php?lang=1&level=1&ls_id=965&lid=1276&nma_type=0 |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=National Monument Authority}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Shah Shuja is believed to have constructed it in 1655, following the [[Mughal architecture|Mughal architectural]] style. However, some historians attribute its construction to [[Alauddin Husain Shah]] in 1522.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luko Churi Gate |url=https://malda.gov.in/tourist-place/luko-churi-gate/ |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=Malda District |language=en-US}}</ref> It is also noted that Shah Shuja frequently visited his patron saint, Shah Niamatullah Wali, who lived in the Firuzpur (in [[Chapai Nawabganj District|Chapainawabganj]]) quarters in the southern part of the city of [[Gauḍa (city)|Lakhnauti]]. The structure likely shortened his travel and allowed him to pass through the city center, located toward the east and south of the gateway.<ref name="bdpedia">{{Cite Banglapedia|last=Hussain|first=ABM|article=Luckochuri Darwaza|article-url=Luckochuri_Darwaza}}</ref> It is also assumed that the Lukochuri Darwaza was designed specifically as an entrance to the Qadam Rasul Mosque.{{Sfn|Michell|1984|p=78}}<br />
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== Architecture ==<br />
The brick gateway, rectangular in shape, measures {{Convert|19.80|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length and {{Convert|12.90|m|ft|abbr=on}} in width. It stands three stories tall, featuring doorways on the first floor that mirror those below, with a flat roof above serving as a naqqar khana, used to announce the governor's arrival and departure from the citadel.<ref name="bdpedia" /> The entire gate is crowned by ''kanjuras''.{{Sfn|Michell|1984|p=78}}<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<gallery widths="250"><br />
File:Towards Lukachuri Gateway, Gaur.jpg|General view of the gate<br />
File:Lukochuri Darwaja.jpg|The gate with three stories <br />
File:Lukachuri Gateway from a side.jpg|Opposite side of the gate <br />
</gallery><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Gumti Darwaza]]<br />
* [[Dakhil Darwaza]]<br />
* [[Kotwali Gate]]<br />
== Notes ==<br />
{{Notelist}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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*{{Cite book |last= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiNUAAAAMAAJ |title=The Islamic Heritage of Bengal |date=1984 |publisher=Unesco |isbn=978-92-3-102174-9 |editor-last=Michell |editor-first=George |language=en}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
{{Commons category|Lukachuri Gateway}}<br />
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[[Category:Gates in India]] <br />
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Islamic architecture in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mughal gates]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1655]]<br />
[[Category:Malda district]]<br />
[[Category:City gates]]</div>LesliGirard6