SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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It was the Mughal capital
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It was a beautiful city
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It was the Indian capital back then
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -His grandson Akbar the Great raised the towering ramparts of the Great Red Fort, besides making Agra a centre for learning, arts, commerce and religion. Akbar also built a new city on the outskirts of Akbarabād called Fatehpūr Sikrī. This city was built in the form of a Mughal military camp in stone.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal Dynasty till 1638, when the capital was shifted from Agra to Delhi. The Agra fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site.It is about 2.5 km northwest of its more famous sister monument, the Taj Mahal. The fort can be more accurately described as a walled city.
Detailed explanation-3: -The initial reference to the city of Agra comes from the epic Mahabharata, where it is referred to as “Agraban” and “Arya Griha", which means the abode of the Aryans. There has been a lot of political influence on Agra, and it has served as the capital city for the Mughal Dynasty, for a long span of fifteen years.