Isa was advising his followers not to consider the world as a permanent home and hope forworldly things, as human life is of short duration.Verses from the Quran have been carved in the Naskh (script) along the top. These were drawnby Khwaja Hussain Chishti, a disciple of Sheikh Salim Chishti.When was it Built: 1601Who built it: Mughal Emperor AkbarTime taken: 12 YearsWhere is it located: Fatehpur Sikri, Agra District, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaWhy was it built: As a victory archwayArchitectural Style: Mix of Hindu and Persian styles of architectureVisit Timing: Daily, morning to evening
How to Reach: Nearest railhead is Fatehpur Sikri railway station (around 1 km) and nearestairport is Agra Airport (40 km). One can also avail UPSRTC or private bus services and cabsfrom Agra and neighboring regions to reach this place.Buland Darwaza or the loft gateway at Fatehpur Sikri was built by the great Mughal emperor,Akbar in 1601. Akbar built the Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory over Gujarat. TheBuland Darwaza, approached by 42 steps and 53.63m high and 35 meters wide, is the highestgateway in the world and an astounding example of the Mughal architecture. It is made of redand buff sandstone, and decorated by carving and inlaying of white and black marble. Aninscription on the central face of the Buland Darwaza throws light on Akbar’s religious toleranceand broad mindedness
How to Reach: Nearest railhead is Fatehpur Sikri railway station (around 1 km) and nearest
airport is Agra Airport (40 km). One can also avail UPSRTC or private bus services and cabs
from Agra and neighboring regions to reach this place.
Buland Darwaza or the loft gateway at Fatehpur Sikri was built by the great Mughal emperor,
Akbar in 1601. Akbar built the Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory over Gujarat. The
Buland Darwaza, approached by 42 steps and 53.63m high and 35 meters wide, is the highest
gateway in the world and an astounding example of the Mughal architecture. It is made of red
and buff sandstone, and decorated by carving and inlaying of white and black marble. An
inscription on the central face of the Buland Darwaza throws light on Akbar’s religious tolerance
and broad mindedness
This symmetrical entrance gate with chhatris or large kiosks atop is quite high than thecourtyard of the mosque and is built with red and buff sandstones and embellished with blackand white marble. There are gallery kiosks bordering the top centre of the roof which has smallminar spires and carved indentations and is inlaid with black and white marble. The semioctagonal gateway is 15-storied high and has two three-storied wings on its two sides. Height ofthe mammoth structure is around 54 meters from the pavement and can be approached byclimbing 42 steps from ground level. The top centre of the structure has three kiosks behindthirteen small domed kiosks. The gateway is surrounded by small turrets.The main arch of thegateway with a dome atop lies in the middle of three projecting sides and is divided into threetiers having small arches in rows as also flat brackets. The two triangular surfaces, one of thethree sides of each of which are bounded by the outer curves of the arch, are in plain redsandstone bordered with white marble and decorated with a flower like design made of whitemarble. The tip of the arch is also embellished with white marble sculpted like flower. Thecentral arch again has three small arched openings that are outlined with ornamented panelsand crowned by a semi-dome.[10/15, 22:27] SKILL INDIA: Chow Hang-tungTonyee Chow Hang-tung born on 24 December on 1985 is a Hong Kong activist, barrister andpolitician. During the crackdown by authorities on the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of PatrioticDemocratic Movements of China, which began in June 2021 and was mainly based on nationalsecurity charges over the Alliance’s annual vigils in remembrance of the 1989 TiananmenSquare protests and massacre, Chow was cast into the limelight, having become the convenorof the group after the arrest of leaders Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho in April.Chow was bornand grew up in Hong Kong. She studied geophysics at University of Cambridge. Chow realisedthat human rights issues were her real interest, so she gave up doctoral studies and returned toHong Kong in 2010, where she studied law at the University of Hong Kong after having spentsome time working at an NGO.Chow serves as vice chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance,which organised annual marches and vigils to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Squareprotests. On 4 June 2021, Chow was arrested for promoting an unauthorised assembly on the32nd anniversary of the protests.Human rights lawyer and China’s labour rights advocate Chow Hang-tung, currently imprisoned,was charged for “inciting subversion” under the new National Security Law on September, 9th2021 and faces potential 10 years imprisonment. She, together with other core members of theHong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China (the Alliance), wastargeted simply for peacefully commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.he isbarrister and woman human rights defender in Hong Kong. She has advocated for the protection andpromotion of labour rights, as well as for the rights of persecuted human rights defenders inmainland China. She is one of the current vice-chairs of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support ofPatriotic Democratic Movements of China (the Hong Kong Alliance), a grassroots advocacygroup established in 1989 in Hong Kong to campaign for the release of Chinese politicalprisoners, democratic reforms in China, and accountability for the extrajudicial killings and otherviolations by the Chinese authorities during the lethal crackdown on pro-democracy protests inJune 1989. As a barrister in Hong Kong, she has also provided legal assistance to activists andprotesters targeted by police and judicial actions for their involvement in pro-democracyactivities.For China’s Communist Party rulers, historical memory must be vigilantly patrolled.The government attempts to airbrush out events such as the 1989 Tiananmen Squaremassacre.
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