Khooni Darwaza or the Bloody Gate - the haunted history of Mughal India, in Delhi

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This blood-stained gate in Delhi is called the 'Khooni Darwaza' symbolizes the bloody rites of passage. The year was 1857. An 82-year-old Mughal Bahadur Shah Zafar had become the rallying point for the rebellious soldiers who had launched the first war of Indian independence. Seismic convulsions which followed marked the end of centuries of rule by the Mughal dynasty. In the Lucknow of the late 20th century today, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh Nawab Jaffar represent Lucknow's involvement with its romantic past. Today out there is a whole civilization that is in touch with its present reality but occasionally look backs for reference. Khooni Darwaza also referred to as Lal Darwaza s located near Delhi Gate, on the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in Delhi, India. It is one of the 13 surviving ga