১৮৫৭ সালে মর্মান্তিক ঘটনার পর ইংরেজ সেনা লাল কেল্লা দখল করে নেয় ׀
For an obstacle free communication of its soldiers and weapons the English army demolished all the buildings in a hemisphere of about 448 yards towards one side of which was the Jama Masjid and Chandani Chowk and on the other side was the wall of the Red Fort .