World Heritage sites in Delhi by UNESCO

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Culture is who we are and what shapes our identity. No development can be sustainable without including culture.UNESCO ensures that the role of culture is recognized through a majority of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including those focusing on quality education, sustainable cities, the environment, economic growth, sustainable consumption and production patterns, peaceful and inclusive societies, gender equality and food security.
From cultural heritage to cultural and creative industries, Culture is both an enabler and a driver of the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.UNESCO's programme, through the operationalization of UNESCO’s Culture Conventions on the safeguarding and promotion of cultural and natural heritage, and the cultural and creative industries, as well as joint programmes with other UN Agencies and strong cooperation with the national authorities will be key for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The world heritage site in Delhi by UNESCO are:
1. Humayun Tomb :
Humayun Tomb lies on the Mathura road near its crossing with the Lodi Road. High rubbled-built walls enclose here a square garden divided initially into four large squares separated by causeways and channels, each square divided again ino smaller squares by pathways (chaharbagh) as in a typical Mughal garden. The tomb was built by Humayun's senior widow Bega Begam, popularly known as Haji Begam, nine years after his death in 1565 according to some, but fourteen years according to manuscript of an eighteenth century text. It is the first substantial example of the Mughal architecture, with high arches and double dome,which occurs here for the first time in India.
2. Qutub Minar :
Qutbu'd-Din Aibak laid the foundation of the now world famous Qutub Minar, intended possibly mainly as a tower of victory but also a minar attached to the Quwaatu'l Islammosque for the use of the mu'adhdhin to call the people to prayer. Surprisingly, alater Nagari inscription on the minar calls it Alau'd-Din victory column(vijaya stambha). From the Nagari and persian inscriptions on the minar, it appears that it was damaged twice by ightning in 1326 and 1328. The first damage occured durin Muhammed Tughlaq's reign(1325-51), second damage was attended by Firuz Tuqghluq(1351-88). Later the reconstruction was done by Sikabdar Lodi in 1503.
3. Red Fort:
After transferring his capital to Delhi from Agrain 1638 Shah Jahan commenced the construction of Shahjahanbad and a little later , on the 16th April, 1639 , he also laid the foundation of his citadel, Lal Qila or Red Fort, known aso by other names in contemporary accouts. The Red Fort, so called because of the red color of the stone largely used in it, octagonal on plan, with two longer sides on the east and west.

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