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Mirza Ghalib was born in Kala Mahal, Agra into a family of Mughals who moved to Samarkand (in modern-day Uzbekistan) after the downfall of the Seljuk kings. His paternal grandfather, Mirza Qoqan Baig, was a Seljuq Turk who had immigrated to India from Samarkand during the reign of Ahmad Shah (1748 - 54). He worked in Lahore, Delhi and Jaipur, was awarded the sub-district of Pahasu (Bulandshahr, UP) and finally settled in Agra, UP, India. He had four sons and three daughters. Mirza Abdullah Baig and Mirza Nasrullah Baig were two of his sons.

Delhi's stone pillar edicts were transported from their original sites in Meerut and Ambala during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1351 – 1388 AD). They were erected in Feruzabad, the fourth medieval city of Delhi, established by Feroz Shah Tughlaq.

Alamgirpur is an archaeological site of the Indus Valley Civilization that thrived along Yamuna River (c. 3300 – 1300 BC) from the Harappan Bara period, located in Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Jaunpur probably was originally founded in the 11^th century but was washed away by Gomati floods. It was rebuilt in 1359 by Firoz Shah Tughluq, whose fort still stands. The city was the capital of the independent Muslim kingdom of the Sharqī dynasty (1394 - 1479).

Motilal Nehru Child museum is situated at Lucknow, UP. This was established by the Motilal Memorial Society. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru opened this museum to the public in 1957.

The archaeological site of Atranjikhera is located in Etah of Uttar Pradesh. Alamgirpur is an ancient site of Indus Valley Civilisation that is situated on the banks of Hindon river which is a tributary of Yamuna river, in western Uttar Pradesh. It was founded by Alexander Cunningham in 1861. Alexander Cunningham was the first Director General of ASI.

Shravasti, Pali Savatthi, city of ancient India, located near the Rapti River in northeastern Uttar Pradesh state.

Lucknow is famous as 'City of Garden's in Uttar Pradesh

After 45 years of missionary activities, the Buddha, severely stricken with illness, finally reached to Kushinagar, where he ordained his last disciple and uttered his last words to the sangha and attained Parinirvana in 487 BCE.

It is generally accepted that Agra was both an ancient city from the times of the Mahabharata and yet nevertheless Sultan Sikandar Lodi, the Muslim ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, founded Agra in the year 1504.