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City of Uttar Pradesh, India, on the river
Jumna, 160 km/100 mi SE of Delhi; population
(1981) 747,318. A commercial and university
centre, it was the capital of the Mogul
empire 1527-1628, from which period dates the
Taj Mahal. history Zahir ud-din Mohammed
(known as `Babur'), the first great Mogul
ruler, made Agra his capital in 1527. His
grandson Akbar rebuilt the Red Fort of Salim
Shah (1566), and is buried outside the city
in the tomb at Sikandra. In the 17th century
the buildings of Shah-Jehan made Agra one of
the most beautiful cities in the world. The
Taj Mahal, erected as a tomb for the
emperor's wife Mumtaz Mahal, the emperor's
wife Mumtaz Mahal, was completed in 1650.
Agra's political importance dwindled from
1658, when Aurangzeb moved the capital back
to Delhi. It was taken from the Mahrattas by
Lord Lake in 1803.