Agra Fort

The love of Salim and Anarkali is also very popular in India and then came the love story of Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. India during its medieval time was ruled by the Mughal dynasty and Akbar was the third Mughal ruler after Babar and Humayun to rule in Agra. Mughal dynasty made Agra as Mughal capital, which is very close to the land of Rajputs ‘Rajasthan’. ‘Agra Fort’ a majestic fort constructed with red sandstone was built in 1573, spread in 380,000 square meter land. This fort was built by Akbar and it was the purpose of the Mughal residential fort in Agra. Mughal dynasty made Agra as a capital city and so Akbar decided to construct a residential fort, which finally emerged as an ‘Agra Fort’.

This beautiful red sandstone fort has first witnessed the pure love of Mughal price Jahangir and a common girl Anarkali which later became the cause of rebel between father and son. After Akbar, Jahangir became the Mughal ruler of this promising Mughal dynasty. There are many good stories which Agra fort has witnessed which are like a marriage of Akbar and Rajput princess Jodha Bai and a strong bond between Rajputs and Mughals.

Time changed everything but never changed the glory of Agra Fort. Time gave birth to the Taj Mahal just opposite of Agra Fort as a sister fort of Agra fort and makes the beauty more adorable that travelers from all across the world never want to miss a chance to step on the land of Agra Tourism.

History of Agra Fort:

Agra Fort has witnessed many stories and wars and it has been the residential fort to many rulers. Starting from Ibrahim Lodi, the fort before the Mughal dynasty belonged to Ibrahim Lodi and later Baber defeated Lodi and captured the fort.

He made some changes in the appearance of the fort and the major change was a modification of fort like a structure of the stepwell actually modified by Babar.

Later, after the death of Babar, the fort was captured by Sher Shah Suri from Humayun and later it was owned by Hemu Vikramaditya. After the death of Humayun, his son Akbar, fought a war against Hemu and finally defeated him and then took over the fort and this time was the final time when fort finally came back to the Mughal dynasty. The entire changes and look of Agra Fort, which we can see today, are done by Akbar and late Shah Jahan modified some beauty. After Shah Jahan, his son Aurangzeb and Maratha ruler had warred against each other and finally, the fort was captured by the East India Company as their base and after independence, the fort became the heritage property of Indian Government.

Inside of Fort:

The fort has a look of semi-circle beauty and it has many existing palaces and beautiful corners to visit. The top inside attractions of the forts are-

• Jehangir’s Hauz
• Jehangir Palace
• Bengali Mahal
• Akbar Mahal
• Babur’s Baoli
• Shah Jahani Mahal
• Nagina Masjid
• Ghazni Gate
• Diwan-i-Am

The attractions of Agra Fort are not the last, as it has many secret spaces and underground tunnels that were built by Akbar to use during the time of war for evacuation from the fort.

Plan your Agra Tour to enjoy the heritage beauty, which is really meaning of the heritage monument depicting Indian history and exclusive Mughal art.

FAMOUS FOR: Mughal dynasty made Agra as a capital city and Akbar decided to build a residential fort, which finally raised as an ‘Agra Fort’.

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