The fort of Agra used to be the royal fort of the Mughal empire in history. This fort is also included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is situated only 1.5 kilometers from Agra's famous Taj Mahal. This fort is often known as the city of walls.
Agra Fort history information
The Mughalo built the fort of presently Agra, this fort was occupied in its place from the 11th century. The fort of Agra is, in fact, a fort built with brick which was known as the cloudgrahad, which was originally near the Hindu-Sikarwar Rajput King King Badal Singh.
When the army of Ghangani attacked the fort in 1080 AD, this fort was first mentioned in history. Sikandar Lodi (1488-1517) was the first sultan of Delhi, which later moved to Agra and stayed in the fort. He used to run his empire in the fort and he had given importance to Agra during his reign too.
But in 1517, he died in the fort only, and his son Ibrahim Lodi took the fort for the next nine years and took care of the empire until his death in 1526 in Panipat's war. During his reign, he had constructed many mosques, walls and royal houses around the fort.
After the first battle of Panipat in 1526, the victorious Babur stayed in the fort, and Ibrahim Lodi stayed in the Palace. He later constructed Baoli in the fort. After this, the monarchy Humayun was crowned in 1530.
But in 1540, Sher Shah defeated Humayun. After this, the fort remained like that till 1555, but later Humayun later got the fort back. Then in 1556 General Hemu of Adil Shah Suri regained the fort.
Later, when Akbar knew Agra's significance, he had declared Agra the capital of his empire in 1558. According to his historian Abul-Fazl, the fort of Agra was earlier a fort built by brick which was known as cloudgurb. At that time, its condition was very bad and then Akbar restored it with red stone.
According to the architect, the brick was used in the inner part of this fort and the outer part was decorated with red stones. It is said that about 4000 workers had made this fort in about 8 years by working everyday and its construction work was completed in 1573.
It was built in Akbar's grandson Shah's time, and therefore Shah where he declared Agra as his state. History tells that Shah, where he had built an impressive Taj Mahal in the memory of his mother Mumtaz. It is said that Shah was very fond of making memorials and forts.
In the beginning of the 18th century, the Maratha empire had acquired this fort. After this successive time, this fort went from Maratha to his enemies. But Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated Maratha in the third war of Panipat in 1761.
After this, Marathas were outside the area for almost 1 decade. And finally in 1857 Mahadji Shinde won the fort.
Even in the freedom revolution of 1857, we see a glimpse of this fort, due to which the British law was soon passed from India.
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