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| the walk .... |
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| The Monument |
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| our resource Person : Ms. Smita Vats from Itihaas |
On the 29th of last month we the students of middle school went for a field trip to the Red fort or the Quila-e-Mubarak. It was an educational field trip organized by Itihaas. It made us realize that architecture of the time was way ahead . The resource person Ms.Smita Vats not only focused on architecture but also went into history and battles of Shah jahan’s reign . The Red fort was first named Quila-e-Mubarak. It was first made out of red sandstone then given a coating of white plaster. On this plaster there were rare jewels and gems. But after the decline of the Mughal era there were raids that took place and the jewels and gems were stolen. When the British arrived they saw nothing miraculous in the fort and thus named it the red fort. This field trip made us realize that we Indians had the basic technology even before the west did. We had a long and tiring but a very thrilling walk through the monument . I wish we had many more such trips !
-Tanmay (Grade -8)
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