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Red Fort

 Built by the Mughals at the zenith of their power, it has been visited by the Sikhs, Marathas, the Afghans and the Persians—who took away the prized peacock throne and its crown jewel—the Kohinoor. With the fall of the last Mughal, the British turned the fort and its pleasure palaces into military barracks. And when they were forced out, the Red Fort was liberated and opened to the people of India, and became the iconic platform from where the Prime Minister of India sets the agenda for the nation on Independence day. When the Indian tricolour flutters above its ramparts, its testament to the centuries of the making of a fort as well as the nation.