Roomi Darwaza

The Roomi Darwaza (Hindi: रूमी दरवाज़ा, Urdu: رومی دروازه, also spelled Rumi Darwaza, and known in Indian English as the Turkish Gate), in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, is an imposing gateway which was built under the patronage of Nawab Asaf-Ud-dowlah in 1784 A.D.cite web|url = http://www.tourtravelworld.com/hot_spots/lucknow/rumi_darwaza:/| title = Rumi Darwaza - Lucknow|publisher = All India Tour Travel|accessdate = 2007-05-21] It is an example of Awadhi architecture.cite web|url = http://www.tourtravelworld.com/hot_spots/lucknow/rumi_darwaza:/| title = Rumi Darwaza - Lucknow|publisher = All India Tour Travel|accessdate = 2007-05-21] Being an entrance to the city of Lucknow, Russell, the reporter of The New York Times who accompanied the victorious British army that entered Lucknow in 1858, after India's First War of Independence, had called the stretch of road from Rumi Darwaza to Chattar Manzil the most beautiful and spectacular cityscape that he had ever seen, better than Rome, Paris, London and Constantinople.cite web|url = http://www.tourtravelworld.com/hot_spots/lucknow/rumi_darwaza:/| title = Rumi Darwaza - Lucknow|publisher = All India Tour Travel|accessdate = 2007-05-21] The Rumi Darwaza, which stands sixty feet tall,cite web|url = http://www.tourtravelworld.com/hot_spots/lucknow/rumi_darwaza:/| title = Rumi Darwaza - Lucknow|publisher = All India Tour Travel|accessdate = 2007-05-21] was modeled (1784) after the Sublime Porte (Bab-iHümayun) in Istanbul.cite web|url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9049254/Lucknow#32610.hook| title = Lucknow|publisher = Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate = 2008-05-20]

It is adjacent to the Asafi Imambara in Lucknow and has become a logo for the city of Lucknow.

References

ee also

*Awadh
*Architecture of Lucknow

roomi islam also known as rafat jahan from wari in bangladesh had a great life time there and is now living in london. 2007