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Agra is globally renowned
as the city of the Taj Mahal. But this
royal Mughal city has, in addition to
the legendary Taj, many monuments that
epitomize the high point of Mughal architecture.
In the Mughal period, in the 16th and
17th centuries, Agra was the capital of
India. It was here that the founder of
the dynasty, Babar, laid out the first
formal Persian garden on the banks of
the river Yamuna. Here, Akbar, his grandson
raised the towering ramparts of the great
Red Fort. Within its walls, Jahangir built
rose-red palaces, courts and gardens,
and Shahajahan embellished it with marble
mosques, palaces and pavilions of gem-inlaid
white marble.
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The crowning glory of the city is obviously
the Taj, a monument of love and imagination
that represents India to the world.
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Jaipur
| Jaipur, popularly
known as the Pink City, was founded in 1727
AD by one of the greatest rulers of the
Kachhawaha clan, the astronomer king Sawai
Jai Singh. The pink color was used at the
time of making to create an impression of
red sandstone buildings of Mughal cities
- and repainted in 1876, during the visit
of the Prince of Wales. The city is best
explored on foot and the adventurous visitor
willing to go into the inner lanes can discover
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of interest are mainly located within the
walled city. The City Palace complex is
the most important landmark with its numerous
outbuildings, courtyards, impressive gateways
and temples. Across the road from the palace
is the Jantar Mantar one of the five observatories
built by Sawai Jai Singh. A collection of
complex astronomical instruments, chiseled
out of stone- most of which continue to
provide fairly accurate information to this
day - is the highlight of this observatory
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Hawa
Mahal (Palace of Winds) adjoins the
outside of the palace wall. Built
in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh,
the Hawa Mahal is a remarkable structure
which overlooks one of the main streets
and also provides some excellent views
of the city. In the not-too-distant
past, ladies of the court found it
convenient to watch the activities
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Delhi
| Delhi, the capital
of India, is an amalgam of the old and the
new. The ancient and the modern times are
in juxtaposition here, not only in the remains
of a succession of empires, but equally
in present social structure and lifestyles.
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an ancient urban settlement in Delhi known
as Indraprastha on the banks of the Yamuna
which is traditionally believed to have
been founded by the Pandava brothers, the
mythical heroes of Mahabharata, the national
epic of India. Excavations at the site of
the township inside Purana Kila or
the Old Fort show that the date of the oldest
habitation in Delhi is around the 3rd or
4th century B.C. |
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Delhi
is divided into two parts. The old
Delhi or Delhi was one of the capitals
of Muslim India between the 12th and
19th centuries. Old forts, mosques
and monuments related to India's Muslim
history are located here. New Delhi
is the imperial city which was created
as the capital by the British. It
is spread over a wide area and is
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Hyderabad
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Hyderabad - A melting-pot
of Muslim and Hindu Cultures.
Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra
Pradesh is a bustling 400-year-old metropolis
with an urban population of 4.2 million
people approximately. Hyderabad is located
on the Deccan Plateau and the Musi River,
650m above sea level. The physiography
of Hyderabad is dominated by hills, tanks,
forests, and rock formations.The Hyderabad
city is cosmopolitan, and is richly endowed
with a variety of cultures. While Muslim
people are concentrated more towards the
old city like Charminar, Secunderabad
has got a more contemporary look with
a concentration of Anglo-Indians.
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The city of
Hyderabad presents an attractive amalgam
of old world charm together with the ebullience
of growth and enterprise. Beautiful old
edifices built in the medieval, Mughal,
Colonial and Indo-Saracenic styles abound,
rubbing shoulders with large glass and chrome
temples of commerce.
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Calcutta
| Calcutta,
Bengali KALIKATA, is the capital city of
West Bengal, in India. It is the former
capital (1772 1912) of British India. The
city boasts being the nation's largest metropolitan
in area. Calcutta is located on the eastern
bank of the Hooghly River, an arm of the
Ganges, about 96 miles (154 km) upstream
from its mouth at the head of the Bay of
Bengal. This river port is the most important
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