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35 unusual facts about Agra


1935 Balochistan earthquake

The earthquake caused destruction in almost all the towns close to Quetta, including the city itself, and tremors were felt as far as Agra, now in India.

Agra

However, the 11th century Persian poet Mas'ūd Sa'd Salmān writes of a desperate assault on the fortress of Agra, then held by the Shāhī King Jayapala, by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.

In the South, the majority of forts were built on the seabed like the one at Bekal in Kerala.

The Empress Nūr Jahān built I'timād-Ud-Daulah's Tomb, sometimes called the "Baby Tāj", for her father, Mirzā Ghiyās Beg, the Chief Minister of the Emperor Jahāngīr.

Alexander Mar Thoma

To further his studies, he was making arrangements to go to Agra, when he was called by Dr.

António de Andrade

In 1624 he left Agra, headed to Delhi where he and the Jesuit brother Manuel Marques joined a group of Hindu pilgrims bound for the temple of Badrinath located in the Northern part of the present-day Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Armenian community of Dhaka

In the silk market, there are indications that the Armenians were dominant buyers, along with Gujaratis and merchants from Delhi, Agra and Benares.

Baron Meston

Baron Meston, of Agra in the Indian Empire and Dunnottar in the County of Kincardine, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Charles MacGregor

Of Scottish descent, MacGregor was born in Agra, India, the son of Major Robert Guthrie MacGregor of the Bengal Artillery.

Dadra

In this context dadra is a light classical vocal form in Hindustani classical music, mostly performed in Agra and in Bundelkhand region.

Elizabeth Becker

Becker holds a degree in South Asian studies from the University of Washington and did language studies at the Kendriya Hindi Sansthaan in Agra, India.

Gokula

Being furious, he ordered Gokula and Uday Singh to be hacked to death at Agra Kotwali on 1 January 1670.

Harry Dalzell, 10th Earl of Carnwath

He was Commisary of Ordnance between 1835 and 1842 at Agra, India.

Imagine Cup

2006: Agra & Delhi, India - Theme: Imagine a world where technology enables us to live healthier lives.

International College of Dentists

For instance, in 2008 Dr. Moriyama, the ICD president, presented recognition plaques to dentists, students and donors in Delhi and Agra.

Ippolito Desideri

From Goa he traveled to Surat, Ahmedabad, Rajasthan and Delhi, arriving in Agra (the seat of the Jesuit mission in Northern India) on 15 September 1714.

Itrat Husain Zuberi

He was educated at St John's college Agra, Allahabad University, Merton college, Oxford, and Edinburgh University where he worked under the celebrated professor, Sir Herbert JC.

Jama Masjid, Delhi

The Jama Masjid's floorplan is very similar to the Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, but the Jama Masjid in Delhi is the bigger and more imposing of the two.

Shah Jahan built several important mosques in Delhi, Agra, Ajmer and Lahore.

Emperor Shahjahan also built the Taj Mahal, at Agra and the Red Fort in New Delhi, which stands opposite the Jama Masjid.

Kalloni

In the last decade, this large village has developed in the field of trade and is the seat of the municipality that comprises the settlements of Agra, Anemotia, Dafia.

The livestock breeding in Agra, the wine festival in Anemotia as well as the panigyri of Saint Trinity on 7 July in Kalloni, which includes three days feast and horse races.

Kavi Bhushan

He first met Shivaji Maharaj when the latter visited Agra to meet the emperor Aurangzeb; thereafter, Bhushan became a supporter of Shivaji.

Nashik Road

The Mumbai-Agra highway (NH3), Nashik-Pune highway (NH 50),Peth Road, Wani road, Bhagur-Nashik road (Lam road), Jail Road are some of the major roads in the city, alongside the residential and commercial neighbourhoods.

Nicolas Notovitch

J. Archibald Douglas who was a professor of English and History at the Government College in Agra India then visited the Hemis monastery to interview the head lama who had corresponded with Müller and the lama again stated that Notovitch had never been there and no such documents existed.

Radha Swami Satsang, Dinod

He manifested himself in a respectable family of Khatris at Agra on August 24, 1818.

Rajakhera

Shamsabad, Agra is the nearest town on Uttar Pradesh border between Agra and Rajakhera.

Republic of the Children

The Municipal Bank is a copy of the Child Doge's Palace in Venice, while the Palace of Culture was inspired by the Taj Mahal in Agra; among the well-known halls in the latter building the Carlos Moneo Sáenz Doll Museum.

Saros Cowasjee

With degrees from universities in Agra and Leeds, the latter where he obtained a PhD, he was an editor for two years with the Times of India Press in Bombay (now renamed Mumbai) and migrated to Canada in 1963, joining the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (since 1974 the University of Regina).

Shah Jahan period architecture

The Taj Mahal, in Agra India is a prime example of this type of architecture.

Sher Afghan Quli Khan

As the story progresses, in March 1611, during the New Year day’s (Nauroz) celebrations, Prince Salim happened to see Mehrunissa at Meena Bazar (Agra) and immediately fell in love with her.

Tsaparang

He wrote a pitiful letter to the Jesuit headquarters at Agra in India begging to be rescued, but was never heard from again.

Unwan Chishti

He worked as a lecturer in Shoaib Mohammadia College in Agra before joining Jamia Millia Islamia on 15 September 1964.

Vishnu Ganesh Pingle

Mutinies in Firozpur, Lahore, and Agra were also suppressed and many key leaders of the conspiracy were arrested, although some managed to escape or evade arrest.

William H. Wiser

They lived in a village Karimpur, Agra, to get to know the village people and village life.


Ahir clans

Many Ahar live in different regions of India including Delhi, Mathura, Ahmedabad, Murena, Agra, and Jhansi.

Ahmad Hasan Dani

He was subsequently posted at the Department of Archaeology of British India at Taj Mahal, Agra.

Alwar district

During the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, Rao raja Bane Singh sent a force consisting mainly of Muslims and Rajputs, to relieve the British garrison in Agra.

Bhai Lal Mohammad

Bhaskarbuwa had learnt from Ustad Faiz Mohammad Khan (Gwalior, India), Ustad Bande Ali Khan (Kirana), Ustad Natthan Khan (Agra), and Ustad Alladiya Khan of Kohlapur (Jaipur).

Bihari Lal

It was also at Agra that Raja Jai Singh I (ruled. 1611-1667), of Amber, near Jaipur, happened to hear him, and invited him over to Jaipur, and it was here that he composed his greatest work, Satasai.

Chaturvedi

Chaturvedi families were residing near Cities like Mathura,Agra and Mainpuri and nearby villages like Chanderpur, Bateshwar, Pinhat, Holipura, Tarsokhar, Kamtari, Sikandarpur etc.

Dholpur State

The town of Dholpur, 34 miles south of Agra by rail, grew in importance as a center of trade after the opening of the railway.

Ebba Koch

In collaboration with the Indian architect Richard A. Barraud she conducted major surveys of the palaces and gardens of Shah Jahan, reconstructed the Mughal city of Agra, and produced the first, comprehensive documentation of the Taj Mahal.

Gwalior Junction railway station

Gwalior Junction is linked with many industrial and important cities of India by direct trains like New Delhi, Bhopal, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jammu, Agra, Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad, etc.

High-speed rail in India

Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting-up of high-speed rail corridors: DelhiChandigarhAmritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, HowrahHaldia, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna.

Hindal Mirza

Humayun entered Bengal and proceeded to Gour, Hindal Mirza, instead of remaining to keep the rebels in check, and maintain the communications with grand army, taking advantage of the season, abandoned his post and set out for Agra, without leave.

Hindustan Dainik

They are spread across Delhi, Bihar (Patna, Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Bhagalpur), Jharkhand (Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Varanasi, Meerut, Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Moradabad, Aligarh, and Kanpur) and Uttarakhand (Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani).

Jaypee Group

2012–Yamuna Expressway-New Delhi NOIDA -Agra Express eight-lane highway.

Jeffrey A. Parker

After graduation, Parker worked in management in the consumer packaged goods industry for General Foods Corporation, Schering-Plough, and Con-Agra.

La vita agra

La vita agra, known in English-speaking countries as It's a Hard Life, is a novel by Luciano Bianciardi published in 1962 by Rizzoli.

Lewis University Television Network

Angelo Lazzara, television producer, for nationally sydicated agriculture television show - This Week in Agra Business (formerly Tribune Entertainment's US Farm Report) - hosted by Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong

Maulana Naeem-ud-Deen Muradabadi

He visited Agra, Jaipur, Kishan Garh, Gobind Garh, Hawali of Ajmer, Mithar and Bharatpur to protest the 'Show Ali Movement' which was viewed as a threat to Islam in the region.

Omkar Das Manikpuri

With them he has performed, in India and abroad, such timeless classics as Agra Bazaar, Charandas Chor, and Kamdev ka Apna Basant Ritu ka Sapna and Sadak.

Safdar Ali

After graduating from the college in Agra, Ali was granted the distinction of being a maulvi.

Sardhana

She also obtained from the Holy See, the promotion of Father Giulio Cesare, one of the members of the Agra Mission, to the episcopal dignity, and later Pope Gregory XVI wrote to her, and sent her tokens of his paternal approbation.

Seemab Akbarabadi

The death of his father in 1897 forced Seemab to give up his studies and seek a livelihood first in Agra and then in Kanpur before joining the railways service at Ajmer, from which he resigned in 1922 and returned to Agra.

Shah Jahan II

The Syed Brothers then looted Agra and seized a large amount of wealth which once had been the personal possessions of Shah Jahan's favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

Shillpi Sharma

Shilpi hails from a small town called Dholpur situated in the state of Rajasthan, also near the city of Agra.

Shivgopal Krishna

Shivgopal Krishna studied bachelor computer applications BCA in Agra and also has a bachelor's degree in Arts.

Taj Mahotsav

Taj Mahotsav (Hindi: ताज महोत्सव, Urdu: تاج مہوتسو, translation: Taj Jubilee) is an annual 10 day (from 18 to 27 February) event at Shilpgram in Agra, India.

The Road to Agra

The Road to Agra (Norwegian: Veien til Agra) is a children's book, written by Aimée Sommerfelt and published in Norwegian in 1959.

Transport in Nagpur

Nagpur is also at the junction of two Asian Highways namely AH43 Agra, India to Matara, Sri Lanka and AH46 connecting Kharagpur, India to Dhule, India Moreover, Nagpur city has come in the national spotlight recently for its good roads, which were developed as part of the upgradation and renewal works under Integrated Road Development Project (IRDP), spearheaded by the erstwhile Commissioner of the Corporation Dr. T Chandrashekhar.

Youngistaan

While the first schedule of the film took place in Indore, Lucknow and overseas, the second schedule happened at the Taj Mahal in Agra, where a campaign titled 'Yo Youngistan Go Youngistan' was launched.