page_title: Gates of Ahmedabad
section_title: Gates of second fort
hierarchical_section_title: Gates of Ahmedabad / Gates / Gates of second fort
caption_attribution_description: English: Prem Darvaja
context_page_description: The Darwaja or Gates of Ahmedabad were built during different times starting from 1411 as the entrances to the walled city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
  These entrances to the city has a unique name and history. Pretty much the area surrounding these gates have adopted the name of the gate as the name of the locality. Each of the gate has beautiful carvings, calligraphy and some of them even balconies.
context_section_description: As the city expanded, the second fort was built by Ahmed Shah I as described in Mirat-i- Ahmadi. It was further fortified by Mahmud Begada in 1489.
  In the city walls of second fort, there were eighteen gates, fifteen large and three small. Of the fifteen, one was closed, and two were added later. These gates were, beginning from the north-west corner, three in the north-wall, the Shahpur in the north-west, the Delhi in the north, and the Dariyapur in the north-east; four in the east wall, the Premabhai, a gate built by British, in the north-east, the Kalupur in the east, the Panchkuva, a gate built by British, in the east, and the Sarangpur in the south-east; four in the south wall, the Raipur and Astodiya in the south-east, and the Mahuda, the closed gate, and the Jamalpur in the south; seven in the west wall, the Khan Jahan, Raikhad and Manek in the south-west; the three citadel gates, Ganesh, Ram, and Baradari in the centre; and the Khanpur gate in the north-west.
  Shahpur gate (23°2′21″N 72°34′46″E) : the doors of iron-plated timber, the gateway of three stone arches twenty feet high and fifteen broad with a roofed platform 32 X18. Now demolished.
  Delhi gate (23°2′16″N 72°35′16″E): Formerly known as Idariyo Gate, the doors of iron-plated timber, the gateway of three stone arches fifteen feet broad and twenty-two high with a roofed platform 32x20 pierced for one gun. In 1878, on either side of the main gateway, two openings, each 8 feet wide and 16 high were added for foot passengers at a cost of £489 (Rs. 4890). (ASI MNI No. N-GJ-15)
  Dariyapur gate (23°2′14″N 72°35′34″E) : the doors of iron-plated timber, the gateway of three stone arches the largest twenty-two feet high with a roofed platform 30x11. (ASI MNI No. N-GJ-21)
  Kalupur gate (23°1′51″N 72°35′52″E) : the doors of iron-plated timber, the gateway of three stone arches twenty-seven feet high with a roofed platform 32x16 and pierced for two guns. (ASI MNI No. N-GJ-19)
  Sarangpur gate (23°1′21″N 72°35′53″E) : doors of iron-plated timber, a gateway of three stone arches twenty-six feet high and fifteen broad and a roofed platform 33 X16, pierced for three guns. (ASI MNI No. N-GJ-20)
  Raipur gate (23°1′2″N 72°35′41″E) : doors of iron-plated timber, a gateway of three stone arches twenty-six feet high and nineteen broad and a roofed platform 32 x 20, pierced for three guns. (ASI MNI No. N-GJ-37)
  Astodiya gate (23°1′0″N 72°35′27″E) : doors of iron-plated timber, the gateway of three stone arches seventeen feet broad and twenty-five high with a platform 28x27, pierced for three guns. Now traffic island. (ASI MNI No. N-GJ-35)
  Mahuda gate with a roofed platform 30x21 and twenty feet high. This gateway was ill-omened and was built up and never used. It is spoken of as the Shut, Bandh, gate, and is probably the Dhedriah gate mentioned in the Mirat-i-Ahmadi. Lost but rebuilt later.
  Jamalpur gate (23°0′44″N 72°34′53″E) : a gateway of three stone arches twenty-two feet broad and twenty-seven high and a roofed platform 32 X 27, pierced for one gun.
  Khan Jahan gate (23°1′0.53″N 72°35′27.34″E) : An arched gateway, iron plated doors and an open platform 26x20 and twenty-two feet high. It was near this gate that in 1780 the British breached the wall and took the city by assault.
  Raikhad gate(23°1′8.56″N 72°34′43.91″E): 2050 feet north of the Khan Jahan gate, has three stone arches and an iron-plated door. Access to river in the past.
  Manek gate: North of Raikhad and about 158 feet south-east of Ganesh is the Manek gate which is small in size and has stone steps. Now lost.
  Khanpur gate (23°1′48″N 72°34′37″E), the doors of iron-plated timber, the gateway of three stone arches twenty-four feet high by seventeen broad with a roofed platform 31 X20.
  Other Bhadra gates: the three citadel gates, Ganesh, Ram, and Baradari  in the centre.
  Two new gates added by British after the opening of railways connecting Bombay in 1864 to facilitate the movement of public.
  Prem Darwaja (23°2′6″N 72°35′48″E) : Formerly Premabhai Gate, Saracenic in style, 16 feet broad and as many high, was built in 1864 
caption: Prem Darwaja
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