Balkeshwar Park

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Agra’s Red Fort

Fort

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Agra Fort, also known as the Red Fort of Agra or Qila-i-Akbari, is an historic fort in the city of Agra in Uttar Pradesh, India. A brick fortification on the site, noted as early as 1080 and later known as Badalgarh, was extensively rebuilt in red sandstone by the Mughal emperor Akbar from 1565 to 1573. Agra’s Red Fort is situated 3½ km south of Balkeshwar Park.

Itmad Ud Daulah

Archaeological site

Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.

Itmad Ud Daulah is a Mughal mausoleum in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Built between 1622 and 1628, it was commissioned by the Mughal empress Nur Jahan for her father, Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who had been given the title I'timād-ud-Daulah by Emperor Jahangir. Itmad Ud Daulah is situated 2 km south of Balkeshwar Park.

Chini Ka Rauza

Park

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Chini ka Rauza is a funerary monument, rauza in Agra, India, containing the tomb of Afzal Khan Shirazi, a scholar and poet who was the Grand Vizier of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Chini Ka Rauza is situated 1½ km south of Balkeshwar Park.

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Doab

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The Doab is the region in India between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers extending from the Sivalik Hills to the two rivers' confluence at Prayagraj.

Agra

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Agra, a city around 200 km from Delhi, is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort. There are also many other buildings and tombs from Agra's days of glory as the capital of the Mughal Empire, as well as the abandoned city of Fatehpur Sikri outside town, itself a World Heritage Site.

Taj Mahal

City and Fort

North Agra

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