FACTS ABOUT FIROZ SHAH KOTLA FORT.

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT: 14TH CENTURY AD.

LOCATION: BALMIKI BASTI, VIKRAM NAGAR, NEW DELHI, 110002.

ENTRY FEES: INDIAN CITIZENS: 25-/ INR

FOREIGN TOURIST: 100-/INR.

TIMINGS: ALL DAY 10:00 AM-7:00 PM.

BUILT BY: DELHI SULTANATE.

MATERIAL USED: LIME MORTAR AND GRANITE STONES. 

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: INDO-ISLAMIC, PERSIAN STYLE.

ARCHITECTURAL TYPE: CULTURAL, FORT.

NEAREST METRO STATION: ITO METRO STATION, VIOLET LINE.

GOVERNING AUTHORITY: GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (GOI).

INTRODUCTION:

Firoz Shah Tuglaq establishes the fortified city of Firuzabad in 1354, as a new capital of Delhi Sultanate, and included in it the site of the present Firoz Shah Kotla. Kotla literally means Fortress or Citadel. 

The Feroz Shah Kotla or the Kotla is the fortress built by the Sultan of Delhi Firoz Shah Tuglaq to house his version of Delhi called Ferozabad. The Topra Ashokan Pillar from 3rd century BC stands tall into the complex of the Fort, which is made of Pristine polishes sandstone. This pillar was moved from Topra Kalan in Pong Ghati of Yamunanagar district in Haryana to Delhi under the order of Feroz Shah Tuglaq of Delhi Sultanate and was re-erected in its present location in 1356. Other than Ashoka Pillar the fort house Jama Masjid Mosque, a baoli, and a big garden complex.