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This is a story of a ruler who was so drunk with power that he couldn't think beyond himself. For this megalomaniac king people and country or anything whatsoever was secondary to his grandeur and desire to leave a mark in the history. In this delusion of superiority he started constructing a city after his name, "Tughlaqabaad". He was so passionate about his dream of creating a new city that he diverted all the resources of Delhi whether masons, labors or building material to the site of Tughlaqabaad.
Just at that time was a Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya, residing in Delhi and having a meagre wish to make a Bowli (well) so that people can have drinking water in the area. He couldn't find a single man to materialize his small dream. The dream was small but clashed with the will of the King and the collision was epic. The Saint cursed this new city to be deserted and the rest is history. Tughlakabaad fort was never completed and its remains can still be seen in a dilapidated conditions on the outskirts of Delhi. It is a proof to what happens when you become so big that everything else looks so small to you, when your dream overpowers the need of common man, and when everyone and everything is just a mere means to fulfill your own objectives.
I congratulate you on your fort and palaces but with a warning that revolutions are often brewed just outside the gates of these big palaces.
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