Agra, city in northern India, in Uttar Pradesh State, capital of Agra District, on the Yamuna River. Founded by Sikandar Lodi in the early 16th century, it was the Mughal capital during some periods of their empire.

The city has an extensive trade in cotton, grain, tobacco, salt, and sugar. Agra is best known as the site of the Taj Mahal. including the Jahangri Mahal, a palace of white marble constructed for the Mughal emperor Akbar, and the Moti Masjid, also known as the Pearl Mosque, built during the early part of the 17th century.

The Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605) established the present city of Agra in 1566. population : city, 694,191; metropolitan area, 747,318.

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