10.1 Introduction
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ANSWERED ON:23.08.2007 HISTORICAL PLACES in up Verma Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:1586 ANSWERED ON:23.08.2007 HISTORICAL PLACES IN UP Verma Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state: (a) the details of Centrally protected monuments in Uttar Pradesh (UP) at present; (b) the agency responsible for the maintenance of these places; (c) the amount spent on the maintenance of these monuments during the last three years; and (d) the details of revenue earned from these monuments during each of the last three years? Answer MINISTER FOR TOURISM AND CULTURE (SHRIMATI AMBIKA SONI) (a)&(b) There are 742 monuments/sites declared as of national importance in the Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) as per list at Annexure. Archaeological Survey of India looks after their proper upkeep, maintenance, conservation and preservation. (c) The expenditure incurred on conservation, preservation, maintenance and environmental development of these centrally protected monuments during the last three years is as under: Rupees in Lakhs Year Total 2004-05 1392.48 2005-06 331.14 2006-07 1300.36 (d) The details of revenue earned from these monuments during the last three years are as under: Rupees in Lakhs Year Total 2004-05 2526.33 2005-06 2619.92 2006-07 2956.46 ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)&(b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO NO.1586 FOR 23.8.2007 LIST OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS IN UTTAR PRADESH Agra Circle Name of monument/site Locality District 1. Agra Fort Including Akbari Mahal Agra Agra Anguri Bagh Baoli of the Diwan-i-Am Quadrangle. -
The Age of Akbar
CHAPTER 3 THE AGE OF AKBAR MUGHAL THEORIES OF KINGSHIP AND STATE POLITY Akbar is generally recognized as the greatest and most capable of the Mughal rulers. Under him Mughal polity and statecraft reached maturity; and under his guidance the Mughals changed from a petty power to a major dynastic state. From his time to the end of the Mughal period, artistic production on both an imperial and sub-imperial level was closely linked to notions of state polity, religion and kingship. Humayun died in 1556, only one year after his return to Hindustan. Upon hearing the call to prayers, he slipped on the steep stone steps of the library in his Din-Panah citadel in Delhi. Humayun's only surviving son and heir- apparent, Akbar, then just fourteen years of age, ascended the throne and ruled until 1605 the expanding Mughal empire. Until about 1561, Akbar was under the control of powerful court factions, first his guardian, Bhairam Khan, and then the scheming Maham Anga, a former imperial wet-nurse. Between about 1560 and 1580, Akbar devoted his energies to the conquest and then the con- solidation of territory in north India. This he achieved through battle, marriage, treaty and, most significantly, administrative reform. Concurrent with these activities, Akbar developed an interest in religion that, while initially a personal concern, ultimately transformed his concept of state. Many of the policies he adopted, such as the renunciation of the poll-tax (jiziya) for non- Muslims, had a solid political basis as well as a personal one, for Akbar, much more than his Mughal predecessors, saw every advantage in maintaining good relations with the Hindu majority. -
Ballabgarh, Faridabad ~Ld and Faridabad Townsb,Ip Described Here As Separate Entities, Were Included in the Faridabad Com- Plex on January 15, 1972
The towns of 'Ballabgarh, Faridabad ~ld and Faridabad tOWnsb,ip described here as separate entities, were included in the Faridabad com- plex on January 15, 1972. This complex was constituted to promote the planned development of area, particularly on the industrial side. The complex which had been put under the charge oC the Chief Adminis- trator comprises the area earliet covered by the municipalities of Ballab- garh, Faridabad old and Faridabad township and 17 villages. As per Census of' 1991, the population of the complex i86,13,828 (males 3,40,341 and females-2,73,487). Locatiou.-Ballabgarh is the headquartcts of the sub-divi$iol1 and tahsil of the same name in the district. It has an altitude· of 200 metres and lies on the Delhi-Mathura National highway in 28" 20' 22· North latitude and 77° 19' 37· East longitude. The town is about 48 kilo- metres away from Gurgaon and 34.5 kilometres from Delhi to the South. It is also a railway station on the Delhi-Mathuni double-track bload gauge line of the Central' Railway. Historical background.-As per legend, the town \ was founded by Ballab Singh, the son of a poverty-stricken cultivator. His mother as usual carried a few pieces of dry bread and onions as' a mid-day repast for her husband whpwas tilling a tiny patch. She' put down the child whom she had also carried in her lap in shade of a tree and took the food to her husband where he was working. When she returned, she found a black serpent hovering with its hood raised over the baby. -