HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Sikandar Lodi
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Akbar
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Muhammad bin Tughlaq
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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: -It is generally accepted that Agra was both an ancient city from the times of the Mahabharata (see above) and yet nevertheless Sultan Sikandar Lodī, the Muslim ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, founded Agra in the year 1504.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sultan Sikandar Lodi who moved his capital from Delhi to Agra in the year 1506. The first Mughal emperor to crown Agra as the capital of Mughal empire was Akbar in the year 1526. The capital of the Mughal empire was changed from Agra to Delhi by Shah Jahan in the year 1638.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.