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Agra, a city Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, is famous to the iconic Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal is a mausoleum built for the Mughal badshah Shah Jahan’s wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth in 1631.
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    Taj Mahal, Agra-India

    The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located on the southern bank of the Yamuna River in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favorite wife of three, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is the epitome of Mughal art […]

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    Agra Fort

    Agra Fort, also known as the Red Fort of Agra, which represented Mughal opulence and power as the centre piece of their empire was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1982, under Category iii as a cultural monument. The fortress located on the right bank of the Yamuna River, built in red sandstone, […]

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    Fatehpur Sikri(the City of Victory), Agra India

    Fatehpur Sikri, “the City of Victory,” was built during the second half of the 16th century by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1556–1605). It was the capital of the Empire and seat of the grand Mughal court, but only for 14 years. Despite bearing exceptional testimony to the Mughal civilization at the end of the 16th […]