Agra

Agra

Agra is a city on the banks of the Yamuna stream in the Agra locale of the Indian territory of Uttar Pradesh. It is 206 kilometers (128 mi) south of the public capital New Delhi. Agra is the fourth-most crowded city in Uttar Pradesh and 24th in India.

Sikandar Lodi was the primary leader of the Delhi Sultanate to move his capital from Delhi to Agra in 1504, thus he is viewed as similar to the organizer of Agra.

Sikandar Lodi’s child, Ibrahim Lodi, was vanquished at the Battle of Panipat in 1526 by Babur, which denoted the start of the Mughal Empire. In a concise break in Mughal rule somewhere in the range of 1540 and 1556, Sher Shah Suri, set up the fleeting Sur Empire. Agra was the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1648, under the Mughal Emperors Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan, after which Shah Jahan moved the funding to Delhi.

The Mughal Empire saw the structure of numerous landmarks, particularly the Taj Mahal. The city was subsequently taken by the Jats and afterward Marathas later actually tumbled to the British Raj.

Agra is a significant vacationer location on account of its numerous Mughal-period structures, most strikingly the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, and Fatehpur Sikri, which are all UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Agra is remembered for the Golden Triangle traveler circuit, alongside Delhi and Jaipur; and the Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc, a vacationer circuit of Uttar Pradesh, alongside Lucknow and Varanasi. Agra is in the Braj social area.