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(samarangana sutradhara)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Sakrapur – the town is situated on the east of river side
The great Mughal emperor Akbar founded the city in 1575 AD by the
name of IIAHABAS meaning “the city of Allah ,
Acknowledging the immense negational potential of its rivers and the
entrepreneurial importance of the city as a centre for boatmaking ,Akbar built
a magnificent fort over looking the quiet flowering Yamuna .the medieval
India ,the city enjoyed the honour of being the religion-cultural centre of the
country.
Long time it was provincial capital of the Mughals. Later Marathas captured
it. On the south-western extreme of Allahabad lies khusrobagh that antedates
the fort and has three mausoleums including that of jehandangiris first wife of
shah bengum
IN 1868AD it become a seat or justice when Allahabad high court was
established
British architect sir William emerson erected a majestic monument all saint
cathedral in 1871 AD , thirty years before designed a memorial in Kolkata
IN 1887AD Allahabad is a fourth oldest university. It is rich in numerous
Victorian and georagian buildings made by synthesis with Indian architectural
traditions ,1990AD onwards home rule language became a active in Allahabad
Its fold some of the future leaders of modern India like Nehru with advent of
mahatma gandi,anand Bhawan ,the home of Nehru
The transformation of the freedom struggle into a mass movement in the 1920’s made a Allahabad a
central of political pilgrimage as well.