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The 'Fateh Pol' gate of Mehrangarh Fort was built by Maharaja Ajit Singh to celebrate victory over which empire?

Correct answer: (C) Mughal Empire.

Fateh Pol at Mehrangarh Fort commemorates Maharaja Ajit Singh's 1707 recovery of the fort from the Mughal Empire.

  1. (A)

    British Empire

  2. (B)

    Maratha Empire

  3. (C)

    Mughal Empire

  4. (D)

    Delhi Sultanate

Explanation

Fateh Pol is the "Victory Gate" of Mehrangarh Fort, and the point tested here is the victory it commemorates, not merely the ruler who built it. Maharaja Ajit Singh's construction of the gate belongs to the period after Aurangzeb's death in 1707. The e-PG Pathshala/INFLIBNET module on Architecture of Rajasthan records the same identification: Fateh Pol was built by Ajit Singh to remember taking back the fort from the Mughals in 1707. Do not confuse it with Jai Pol, which is linked to Maharaja Man Singh's victory over the combined forces of Jaipur and Bikaner.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) The British Empire is not the victory attached to Fateh Pol; the gate is connected with Ajit Singh's 1707 victory over the Mughals.
  • (B) The Maratha Empire is not tied to this gate; Fateh Pol is linked to the recovery of Mehrangarh from the Mughals.
  • (D) The Delhi Sultanate is chronologically and textually unsupported here, while e-PG Pathshala/INFLIBNET specifically identifies the Mughals as the power from whom the fort was taken back in 1707.

Concept

This tests Rajasthan Art and Culture through a gate-patron-event match in Mehrangarh Fort. RAS often uses such monument details because they connect Rajput architecture with political chronology.

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