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Secunderabad Station

In front of gate Secunderabad Station, Hyderabad (Aditya, Ilyya, Sukron, and pak Kastolani)

Gopichand Badminton Hall-Hyderabad India

Photograph with Indonesia Coach and Indonesian Students

Rajghat and Gandhi Smriti

Rajghat Gate

Dirgahayu Indonesiaku

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Agra Fort

Agra Fort is located (270 10’ 47’’N & 780 1’ 22’’ E) on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the city of Agra in Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the most important and robustly built stronghold of the Mughals, embellished with number of richly decorated buildings encompassing the imposing Mughal style of art and architecture. It was constructed by the third Mughal emperor Akbar on the remains of an ancient site known as Badalgarh. Sikandar Lodi (1487-1517) was the first Sultan of Delhi to shift his capital from Delhi to Agra. After Sikandar Lodi who died in 1517, his son Ibrahim Lodi held the fort for 9 years until he was defeated and killed in the battle of Panipat in 1526. Several palaces, wells and a mosque were built in the fort during the Lodi period. (more see http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_agrafort.asp ). The main gate of Agra Fort

Jama Masjid, Delhi

The Masjid-i Jahān-Numā (Devanagari: मस्जिद जहान नुमा , the 'World-reflecting Mosque'), commonly known as the Jama Masjid (Hindi: जामा मस्जिद ) of Delhi, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, it is the largest and best-known mosque in India. Construction began in 1650 and was completed in 1656. It lies at the beginning of the Chawri Bazar Road, a very busy central street of Old Delhi. The later name, Jama Masjid, refers to the weekly Friday noon congregation prayers of Muslims, Jummah, which are usually done in a mosque, the "congregational mosque" or "jāma masjid". The courtyard of the mosque can hold up to twenty-five thousand worshippers. The mosque also houses several relics in a closet in the north gate, including an antique copy of the Qur'an written on deer skin. (more… see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jama_Masjid,_Delhi)

Red Fort

The Red Fort (usually transcribed into English as Lal Qil'ah or Lal Qila ) is a 17th-century fort complex constructed by the Rajput King, Prithviraj Chauhan in the walled city of Old Delhi (in present day Delhi , India ), after defeat of Rajput it served as the residence of the Mughal Emperors . The fort was the palace for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad, the seventh city in the Delhi site. He moved his capital here from Agra in a move designed to bring prestige to his reign, and to provide ample opportunity to apply his ambitious building schemes and interests. It served as the capital of the Mughals until 1857, when Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled by the British Indian government. The fort lies along the Yamuna River , which fed the moats that surround most of the walls. The wall at its north-eastern corner is adjacent to an older fort, the Salimgarh Fort , a defence built by Islam Shah Suri in 1546. The construction ...

Humayun Tomb

Humayun's tomb   is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun . The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife Bega Begum (Haji Begum) in 1569-70, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect. It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent , and is located in Nizamuddin East , Delhi , India, close to the Dina-panah citadel also known as Purana Qila (Old Fort), that Humayun founded in 1533. It was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale The tomb was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, and since then has undergone extensive restoration work, which is still underway. Besides the main tomb enclosure of Humayun, several smaller monuments dot the pathway leading up to it, from the main entrance in the West, including one that even pre-dates the main tomb itself, by twenty years; it is the tomb complex of Isa Khan Niyazi , an Afghan noble in Sher Shah Suri 's court of the Suri dynasty , who fought against the M...

Qutub Minar

Qutub Minar , also known as Qutb Minar and Qutab Minar , is the tallest minar in India, originally an ancient Islamic Monument, inscribed with Arabic inscriptions, though the iron pillar has some Brahmi inscriptions, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Located in Delhi , the Qutub Minar is made of red sandstone and marble. The tower has 379 stairs, is 72.5 metres (237.8 ft) high, and has a base diameter of 14.3 metres, which narrows to 2.7 metres at the top storey. Construction was started in 1192 by Qutub-ud-din Aibak and was completed by Iltutmish . It is surrounded by several other ancient and medieval structures and ruins, collectively known as the Qutub complex (more... see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutub_Minar)

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