Kashmere Gate
This is one of the 14 gates of Shajahanabad built by Moghul emperor Shahjahan in 17th century. It was named so because it was leading the road to Kashmir from Delhi. The gate was close to the river and the place around it was used by the Nobles and Courtiers in the Moghul court to build their country houses. Dara Sukoh the brother of Aurangazeb had his Mango Grove nearby.
During the Moghul period there was a Custom house near the gate to collect taxes on trade running through the gate. When the mutineers captured Delhi in 1857 they heavily fortified the gate. The British troops under Brigadier John Nicholson heavily bombarded the bastions, walls and gates around the Kashmere gate. Even now the dent made by the cannon balls can be seen. The siege continued for 4 months and ultimately the gate was breached on 14th September 1857 by Nicholson and his troops. He died in the battle and was buried in the nearby Nicholson Cemetery.
The gate is now an ASI protected monument. The gate is just outside Kashmere Gate metro station.
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