------------------------------------------------- Buland Darwazameaning ’high’ or ’great’ gate in Persian. It is located in Fatehpur Sikri which is located 43 km away from Agra‚ India. It is also known as the "Gate of Magnificence." Buland Darwaza or the loft gateway was built by the great Mughal emperor‚ Akbar in 1601 A.D. at Fatehpur Sikri. Akbar built the Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory over Gujarat. [1] Architecture The Buland Darwaza is made of red and buff sandstone‚ decorated by carving and inlaying of white and black marble
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track length of 114‚500 kilometers. Gujarat and Rajasthan are currently the nation’s leaders in solar power generation. Tata Nano‚ is the world’s cheapest passenger car. India‚ however‚ fell on evil days‚ and became a slave country‚ first under the Mughals and then under the Britishers. It was in 1947 that India became free. It was hoped that India would prosper under Swadeshi rule.India has now been free for over four decades. But what do we see? India today is self-sufficient in food. Hundreds of
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Reality of Akbar the Great (?) EXPOSED! [Part-1] Very chosen few legends in Indian history had the privilege of being honored with the suffix ‘the Great’ or ‘Mahaan’ after their name. I recall only three – Alexander‚ Ashoka and Akbar. This great title does not come easily. One has to indeed display exemplary greatness to be called ‘great’. This great land has produced one legend after another – Vikramaditya‚ Prithviraj‚ Rana Pratap‚ Shivaji – to name a few. But none qualified to be called ‘the
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want to contain those feelings in a singular way‚ where I can revisit them again and again. Ghazals were the first poems I ever heard‚ and the form itself returns so much to me.” The late poet James Merrill once compared Ali’s poetic works to “Mughal palace ceilings‚ whose countless mirrored convexities at once reduce‚ multiply‚ scatter‚ and enchant.” W.S. Merwin has found in them “our own lost but inalienable homeland.” To John Ashberry‚ Ali is simply “one of America’s finest younger poets
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husband gave to her. Mumtaz Mahal was born in April 1593 in Agra‚ India. Her father was the Persian noble Abdul Hasan Asaf Khan‚ the brother of Nur Jahan. Mumtaz was a Muslim and fell in love with and married her cousin‚ Shah Jahan‚ later to be the Mughal emperor on May 10‚ 1612 at the age of 19. She was his third wife‚ and became his favorite. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal were married for 19 years. They had thirteen children together. Seven of the children died at birth or at a very young age. Mumtaz
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to have at least two or more than two hotels in each metro city or big cities of India under the ITC prefix. We are currently adding one hotel each in Bangalore and Chennai‚" said Mr Hari Haran. The Welcom brand will cover 7 hotels: Welcom Mughal Sheraton Agra‚ Welcom Rajputana Palace Sheraton Jaipur‚ Chola Sheraton Chennai‚ Welcom Hotel Rama International Aurangabad and Welcom hotels at New Delhi‚ Vadadora and
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VALUE BASED QUESTIONS CLASS X ENGLISH Q1. What according to you are the essential values that go into the making of a true gentleman? Q2. Briefly explain the values that you have learnt from the two young boys of Verona? Mrs.Packletide is vain and full of self-importance and can go to any extent to maintain her public image. On the basis of your understanding of the story‚ Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger‚ briefly describe the values that can make one lead a truly happy life. Today’s youth is too engrossed
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2008 will be held? What is E=mc2? Which member of Gandhi family died a natural death? Mahatama Gandhi‚Indra or Sanjay? Which civilization flourished at the banks of Euphrates n Dajla? "diego garcia" USA naval base is in which ocean? Which of the Mughal emperor is burried outside the present Pak and India territory? Babur‚Jahangir or Hamayun? What is the freezing point of heavy water? What is Pariah state? What name is given to the place of 9/11? Which are the primary colours? What is armageddon
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India can blindly be accredited to the Permanent Settlement Act of 1793‚ formulated by the then Governor General of India‚ Lord Cornwallis. After the advent of the British to the country‚ India was still being ruled and strictly administered under the Mughal system of money-making. With Islamic rule still dominating the governing scenario‚ the arrival of the British was looked at as almost a cultural and administrative shock. The very English style of living‚ administering and imposing of rules by the
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GRADE 5 --- 2013-2014 AGE OF MACHINES I) Complete the following sentences: i) The age in which we live can be called the ______________________ ii) The first metal to be discovered was____________________ iii) Bronze is made by mixing ___________________________________ iv) Iron tools were used to cut down trees and__________________________ v) Iron weapons also made it easier to________________________________ vi) Humans learnt to use the force of wind and made _________________
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