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ID: 7001493
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001493
Record Type:
administrative
Āgra (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 27 10 56 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 27.1821
decimal degrees
Long: 078 00 59 E
degrees minutes
Long: 78.0163
decimal degrees
Note:
Thrived under Sikandar Lodī in 16th cen.; taken by Marāṭhā dynasty of Sindhia 1784; captured by British during Second Marāṭhā War 1803; besieged during rebellion of Sepoys 1857; site of Tāj Mahal and other important architecture.
Names:
Āgra
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Agra
(
C
,
V
)
Akbarabad
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
India
(nation) (
P
)
............
Uttar Pradesh
(state) (
P
)
................
Āgra
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was a medieval center
city (
C
)
administrative center (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
............
Āgra University founded 1927
capital (
H
)
............
of Mughals established by Akbar, 1564
provincial capital (
H
)
............
of Agra Province, 1833-1858
Sources and Contributors:
Āgra..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
1:11
...........
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
1:153
...........
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-3
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
14
Agra..........
[
BHA
,
VP
]
...........
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
8
Akbarabad..........
[
VP
]
....................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 11
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 11
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 153
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008)
accessed 3 January 2007
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2088244
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-3
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
8
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
14
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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