Gates of Ahmedabad

[3] Bhadra fort had eight gates, three large, two in the east and one in the south-west corner; three middle-sized, two in the north and one in the south; and two small, in the west.

The details are on the north face two middle-sized gates, one leading to the Khanpur, and the other to the Mirzapur ward; the former was originally a small opening lately, at a cost of £11 (Rs.

110), turned into a gateway in 1860s, 13 feet wide and 15 feet high, with neither doors nor arches; on the east two, both large, the Lal Darwaza (23°1′0.53″N 72°35′27.34″E / 23.0168139°N 72.5909278°E / 23.0168139; 72.5909278 (Lal Darwaza)) in the north-east and the Bhadra gate, formerly Piran Pir’s Darwaja, (23°1′27″N 72°34′50″E / 23.02417°N 72.58056°E / 23.02417; 72.58056 (Bhadra gate), Archaeological Survey of India Monument of National Importance No.

N-GJ-2); on the south two, one middle-sized gate without doors built in 1874, in the centre near Azam Khan Sarai, and the other the large Ganesh gate in the south-west corner; the former, an arched gateway, 18 feet wide and 17 feet high, cost £92 (Rs.

Lal Darwaza, opposite Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, is lost now but parts of wall is visible.

[4][5] Two new gates added by British after the opening of railways connecting Bombay in 1864 to facilitate the movement of public.