Why on Independence Day National Flag hoisted on RED FORT only ?

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Why  National Flag of India " TIRANGA" hoisted on RED FORT only?

RED FORT (situated in Old Delhi)

When India was slave of Britishers then  on Red Fort flag of britishers was hoisted but fortunately when India got freedom in 1947 (on 15th Aug , 1947 ,12:00am , celebrated as Independence Day)  .  " Tiranga "was hoisted at same place of Red Fort where before independence of India flag of british empire was hoisted .

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At the time of mughal emperor Shah Jahan(full name : A'la Azad Abul Muzaffar Shahab ud-Din Mohammad Shah Jahan) the capital pf mughal empire was Agra where they had  a fort but as day-by-day mughal empire was increasing rapidly Shah Jahan wants a big fort . So , all the architect of that time started searching about a suitable place to build there fort across whole India . Finally they found a suitable place near the bank of Yamuna ( Delhi) . As we know Mughals reshaped many Hindu monuments into Mughal  by changing it's decoration , some structures (like adding tomb ) , changing the calligraphy on walls and etc .They found a fort near bank of river Yamuna which was named s "LAAL COURT" which was made by ruler of Tomar dynasty - Anangpal Tomar II ( father in law of Prithviraj chauhan) . At  that time Shah Jahan was in Kabul (capital of Afghanistan) . He suddenly came to Delhi after knowing about Laal court because of significance of Laal Court .

 Significances of Laal Court : 

•  One side beautiful mountains of Aravali
• Other side deep Yamuna river

due to these geographical conditions this fort was very safe . So , Shah Jahan decided to capture this Laal Court.After Shah Jahan many kings ruled the estate from this fort. When britishers came they also ruled from this fort . In 1857 at the time of Indian Rebellion movement , at this time Bahadur Shah Jafar(/Zafar) was the ruling from this Laal Court . He came against Britishers . He won fight with britishers in May month of 1857 but after four months britishers again attacked and captured Laal Court . On 22nd Sept , 1857 , Bahadur Shah Jafar (/Zafar) was prisoned with his two sons by britishers . Lieutenant Hershon of british empire assassinated both sons of Bahadur Shah Zafar with the help of pistol and prisoned Bahadur Shah Jafar(/Zafar) in Laal Court itself . Britishers named it RED FORT& Walls of Laal Court was embedded with Gold and Silver but britishers demolished it from there.Later Bahadur Shah Jafar (/Zafar ) was prisoned in Rangoon . In Nov , 1862 Bahadur Shah Jafar (/Zafar) died and Neta ji Shubhash Chandra bose said - " Victory Parade on Mausoleum( Maqbara / Qabr ) on Bahadur Shah Jafar (/Zafar ) after defeating Britishers would be the Independence of India " .

So , that's why on every Independece day Tiranga (national flag of India ) is hoisted on Red Fort .

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Written by Rounit Sinha