GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Muhammad bin Tughlaq
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Sikandar Lodi
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Akbar
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Shahjahan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sikandar Lodi was the sultan of Delhi between 1489 and 1517. He expanded Lodi territory into the regions of Gwalior and Bihar. In 1503 he commissioned the building of the present city of Agra. Agra was founded by him.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sikandar Lodi commissioned the building of the present-day city of Agra in 1504. Sikandar Lodi was an Afghan Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate. He ruled between 1489 and 1517. He succeeded his father Bahlul Lodhi.
Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest reference for Agra comes from the epical age, when Mahabharata refer Agra as Agravana. In the sources prior to this, Agra has been referred as Arya Griha or the abode of the Aryans. The first person who referred Agra by its modern name was Ptolemy.