Sikandra

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historic suburb neighbourhood

Sikandra is a historic suburb of Agra in India best known for housing the grand mausoleum of the Mughal emperor Akbar.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic suburb ⓘ
neighbourhood ⓘ
architectureStyle Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ
Mughal architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Emperor Akbar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Emperor Jahangir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
contains Tomb of Akbar the Great ⓘ
surface form: Akbar’s Tomb

Tomb of Akbar the Great ⓘ
surface form: mausoleum of Akbar
country India ⓘ
governingBody Agra Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasFunction heritage site vicinity ⓘ
residential area ⓘ
tourist hub ⓘ
hasLandmark Akbar’s garden complex ⓘ
Sikandra Fort-like gateway complex ⓘ
hasPostalCode 282007 ⓘ
hasTransportConnection Yamuna Expressway ⓘ
surface form: Agra–Delhi road corridor

local bus routes in Agra ⓘ
heritageDesignation tourist destination ⓘ
historicalSignificance Mughal era ⓘ
knownFor Tomb of Akbar the Great ⓘ
surface form: Akbar’s Tomb
languageUsed English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn Agra ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Agra district ⓘ
India ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedNear Agra Cantonment ⓘ
Dayal Bagh ⓘ
Khandari ⓘ
locatedOn Yamuna Expressway ⓘ
surface form: Agra–Delhi highway

NH19 ⓘ
partOf Agra ⓘ
surface form: Agra city

Agra metropolitan area ⓘ
region northern India ⓘ
surface form: North India
religion Hinduism (major) ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
surface form: Islam (significant)

other Indian religions (minor) ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akbar → burialPlace → Sikandra ⓘ
Mariam-uz-Zamani → burialPlace → Sikandra ⓘ