Agra Fort | | Agra Fort sis a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Agra‚ India. It is about 2.5 km northwest of its more famous sister monument‚ the Taj Mahal. The fort can be more accurately described as a walled city. It is the most important fort in India. The great Mugals‚ Humayun‚ Akbar‚ Jehangir‚ Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb lived here‚ and the country was governed from here. It contained the largest state treasury and mint. It was visited by foreign ambassadors‚ travelers and dignitaries
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The chief object of ports is‚ of course‚ bodily exercise. “A sound mind in a sound body” is a well-known saying. The heath of the body is essential for success in life. An unhealthy man is always sad‚ gloomy ad therefore loses confidence in him. To keep healthy‚ one must take an active interst in sports. Thus sports serve an essential purpose in life because they ensure good health and build a fine physique. If one is bodily fit‚ one feels capable of hard endeavor and life without endeavor is useless
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The Mughal and the Ottoman Empires were two of the greatest and most powerful civilizations of the ancient period. Their fame and glory in the sixteenth century represented the zenith of art‚ architecture‚ and human creativity. These eminent empires were the largest and the most influential civilizations of the Muslim world‚ and their splendor reached as far as Europe. The two most important rulers of these empires were Akbar the Great and Suleiman the Magnificent‚ under whose reign the empire reached
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The story of Jamal Malik‚ an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai‚ who is about to experience the most monumental day of his life. With the whole nation watching‚ he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”. But when the show breaks for the night‚ police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street boy know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence‚ Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and
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always wanted to come out on top of his brother Jamal‚ and did that by sticking by Maman and playing a part in the blinding of the orphanage boy and buying a gun and killing Maman. In the beginning of the film when Jamal and Salim end up at the Taj Mahal they begin to make a living out of illegal ‘tour guiding’. This shows the lengths the children would go to‚ to earn money and make a living. Salim was desperate and would do anything like taking the love of Jamal’s life and gave her to his boss to
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of on the two pillars. The concept of the dome was also introduced. This was gradually perfected and one of the most stunning examples is the dome on top of the Taj Mahal. The dome initially started out as a conical dome as we see in the Mehrauli region in Delhi and eventually developed the ultimate bulbous onion shape on the Taj Mahal. The dome effect was achieved by an interesting method. A square base was first constructed and then at varying angles more of these squares were added to the base
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Their partnership in these projects led to quite a bit of profits. Enough to purchase a 900 acre piece of land for his rubber tree plantation and homely estate named Kinta Kellas. (Fazlina) Kellie’s Castle is a symbol of love like the Taj Mahal in Agra‚ India. In 1903‚ he returned to Scotland to marry his sweetheart Agnes. He brought her back to his home in Tanah Melayu and later that year the couple was blessed with a daughter named Helen. William Smith desperately wanted a son and heir
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of products enjoyed 50-55 % of Ahmedabad dust tea market in 1994-95. But the market response to Tea Quik‚ as far as sales are concerned‚ had not been upto the mark. In 1994-95‚ GTPPL managed to sell 300 kg of Tea Quik in Ahmedabad market whereas Taj Mahal‚ its nearest and only rival‚ sold 1000 kg. The size of tea market in Ahmedabad was approximately 40‚000 Kg. Of this about 1300 kg (3.25% on volume terms) was that of tea bags and the remaining consisted of leaf tea and CTC. Tea was sold both in
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KEY POINTS: Chapter 20 Timeline 1453 – fall of Constantinople to Ottomans 1510 – Safavid conquest of Persia completed 1514 – Ottoman victory at battle of Chaldiran 1526 – Babur’s conquest of India 1701 – death of Aurangzeb‚ Mughal decline begins 1736 – Nadir Shah proclaimed sultan of Persia Terms‚ People‚ Events Ottomans – Turkic people who advanced from strongholds in Asia Minor during 1350s; conquered large part of Balkans‚ unified under Mehmed I; captured Constantinople in
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The mughal empire was the last empire which ruled the subcontinent. It was the last [seemingly] golden age of the subcontinent. During it many monuments were built like the taj mahal‚ the peacock throne‚ badshahi mosque e.t.c which seem itregal to the indian culture. The mughals influenced the cuisine‚ architechture and even the language (Urdu/Hindi) which devoloped during its time. The 300 years the mughals ruled undoubtedly influenced the way India is. Just the way the mughal rule is very important
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