Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Who Started and Completed The Construction of Qutub Minar


Qutub Minar became the tallest brick minaret in the worldwide. It is seventy four meters tall brick minaret located in Delhi, India. After the Fateh Burj in Mohali, the Qutub Minar became the second tallest Minar in India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is basically situated in Mehraluli which belong to Delhi, India. Red Sandstone or marble is used in the construction of this minar. Inside the Qutub Minar a round circle staircase which has approximately three hundred seventy nine steps lead to the top of Minar. From the Delhi Metro, Qutub Minar is the shortest station. 
The Qutb complex is also a part of Qutub Minar which has historical connection with the minar. These include the Tomb of Inam Zamin, Alai Minar, Quwwat ul Islam Mosque, Iron Pillar of Delhi, Alai Darwaza, etc. Some other monuments are such as the Cupola of Major Smith's and Sanderson's Sundial. The construction work of this minar was commissioned by Qutub ud Din Alibak, also the founder of Delhi Sultanate in 1199 AD. The minar was constructed on the ruins of Lal Kot. The name of this minar has been named after Qutbu I Din Aibak, was the emperor, who comissioned the construction and also extracted from Qutbudine Bakhtiar Kaki who was the well known sufi saint. 
 
Accident in Qutub Minar
During the year of 1974, the Indian government was allowed access to the public to climb to the top of Qutub minar through its narrow staircase. After a few years, in 1981 on 4th December, forty five people were killed due to an electricity failure and starcase dropped into darkness. Some others were dead due to stampede after accident. The most of them were children because at that time school children were allowed to visit this historical monument on every Friday. After this, the public access inside the Minar has been banned by the government of India.

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5 comments:

  1. this is really incredible and beautiful example or architecture

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    Aana

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