Khooni Darwaza, Gate in Central Delhi, India

Khooni Darwaza is a stone gate in central Delhi built from quartzite with a height of approximately 15 meters. It features three sets of staircases and decorated archways connected to the main passageway at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg.

Khooni Darwaza was built in the mid-16th century under Sher Shah Suri, probably as part of his city walls, and was first called Kabuli Darwaza. On 22 September 1857 Major William Hodson stopped a bullock cart carrying Bahadur Shah Zafar's sons Mirza Mughal and Mirza Khizr Sultan and grandson Mirza Abu Bakht near the gate and had the three princes shot; the bodies were displayed for three days. The name Khooni Darwaza is not recorded before 1857. During the 1947 riots refugees heading to the Purana Qila camp were killed here.

The gate's name, meaning Bloody Gate, dates only from 1857, when the three Mughal princes were shot here; before that it was called Kabuli Darwaza. The earlier stories of executions and displayed heads attached to it are unverified and may belong to another gate of the same name in the Dariba lane of Chandni Chowk. It is now a protected monument of the Archaeological Survey of India.

The gate is positioned on a traffic divider opposite the Feroz Shah Kotla grounds and internal areas are currently restricted for structural preservation. Visitors should observe the site from outside and respect the active traffic as it sits on a busy street.

The gate is often mistaken for the original Kabuli Gate of Old Delhi, though it was only an archway at the time of the 1857 revolt. Its three storeys, each reached by its own staircase, are thought to have served as a display board for the heads of offenders and enemies under Sher Shah Suri.