FATEHPUR SIKRI
PLACE: UTTAR PRADESH
BUILT BY: EMPEROR AKBAR
FAMOUS FOR: MONUMENTS
AND TEMPLES BUILT-IN MUGHAL
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
HISTORY: Fatehpur Sikri is also known as “THE CITY OF
VICTORY”. It is situated in Uttar Pradesh. It was the capital of the Empire and
the place of the Mughal court but unfortunately, it last for only 14 years due to
lack of water and unrest in northwest India and it shifted the capital to
Lahore. The then Akbar decided to construct it in 1576, on the same site where
the birth of his son, the future Emperor Jahangir. The work has been
supervised by the great Mughal himself and was completed in 1573. It is one of
the largest mosques in India. In 1585 the English traveler Ralph Fitch considers
the city larger than London and more populous. In 1986 UNESCO declared it a world heritage site.
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