The Fort -The Mughal splendour in Agra began from the period of Humayun but the real building and establishment began when Akbar succeeded Humayun. In 1565 Akbar pulled down the brick fort of Lodi at Sikandra and started his new fort on riverside in red sandstone. Shah Jehan who succeeded Jahangir destroyed some of Akbar 's simple sandstone buildings to build a cluster of rich building with inlaid marble palace rooms along the river front(1628 -37). The exquisite Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) was started in 1646, just 2 years before his new city at Delhi was ready. There are many fascinating buildings within the massive walls which stretch for 2.5 km, surrounded by a moat over 10 metres wide. Inside, the fort is really a city within a city. Shah Jahan's beautiful marble Moti Masjid (known as the Pearl Mosque) is an example of perfect proportion. Some of the beautiful buildings within the fort are Diwan-i-Am(hall of public audience), Diwan-i-Khas(hall of private audience) and the Musamman Burj.

Forty kilometres south-west from Agra lies a deserted sandstone city, Fatehpur Sikri. In the 16th century Salim Chisti, a mystic, came to this little community of stone-cutters and spent his days meditating in a grotto. Legend soon grew around him and word came to the Emperor Akbar who set out on a pilgrimage to ask the holy man the blessing of an heir.When a son was born the king named him after the mystic and decided to shift his capital to Sikri. Within a period of six years a complex of forts, palaces and mosques sprang up. But Akbar was forced to abandon his new capital and Fatehpur Sikri became a ghost town. It is haunted today by memories of an resplendent era.

Chunar is situated in the Vindhya range at a distance of 42 kms. Its district headquarters Mirzapur which is a very famous for its natural beauty, Historical events, Handicrafts & other Industrial setups and from the Religious aspects as well. Especially Chunar town is existing in a triangular from on the right bank of holy Ganga and the left bank of the Jirgo. Basically the fort of Chunar was established by Maharaja Vikrmaditya the king of Ujjain to commemorate the stay of his brother Raja Bhartihari who had taken his Samadhi in alive stage and still that Samadhi Sthal is worshiped.

The Chandella Kings desired two earthly things after the safe possession of Bundelkhand : to build temples for their gods and to bring water to their land. These two desires find perfect union at Mahoba, the Bundela capital. The Chandellas made four lakes by damming valleys. Madan Sagar,Vijay Sagar, Kalyan Sagar & Kirat Sagar only due to the defence consideration and the Chandella's giri durg or hill fort at Charkhari is surrounded on three sides by water. In In the 18th century a new Bundela chief, Chattrasal rose up and his grandson,Khuman Singh,founded Charkhari state in 1765 . The view from Charkhari's ramparts is spectacular, across the lakes to marvellous wild-fowling country.

Jhansi Fort has become the chattri(Umbrella) of the woman who headed the Indian troops here during the Mutiny of 1857-58, The Rani Lakshmi Bai. The nucleus of the present fort was built in 1613 by Bir Singh Deo of Orchha.In 1853 Raja Gangadhar Rao of Jhansi died without a direct heir. His adopted son was not recognized and his widow, the Rani Lakshmi Bai, reluctantly at first and then with fiery courage took on the British in the unsettled years leading upto the Mutiny. In a fierce fight on the 18th June 1858, at Kotah-ki-Sarai near Gwalior, Lakshmi Bai, dressed like a man using her sword with both hands and holding the reins of her horse in her mouth was killed. After the Mutiny Jhansi was occupied by the British. It was handed over in 1861 to Scindia of Gwalior, but returned again to the British in 1886.