Allahabad

**Prof. Dr. Sinsi** · 07-23-2012

* 1

a city in north India that is one of the country's oldest and most holy cities

or Prayag Raj City (pop

, 2001 prelim

: metro

area, 1,049,579), northern India, on the Ganges and Yamuna rivers

An ancient holy city sacred to Hindu pilgrims, it is the site of the Pillar of Ashoka (erected 240 BC)

Under Muslim rule 1194-1801, it was then ceded to the British

The Mughal emperor Akbar built a fort there in the late 16th century

It was the scene of a serious outbreak in the 1857 Indian Mutiny

As the home of the Nehru family, it was later a centre of the Indian independence movement

It is the site of the Jmi Masjid (Great Mosque) and Allahabad University

07-23-2012	#1
Prof. Dr. Sinsi	Allahabad * 1a city in north India that is one of the country's oldest and most holy cities or Prayag Raj City (pop, 2001 prelim: metro area, 1,049,579), northern India, on the Ganges and Yamuna rivers An ancient holy city sacred to Hindu pilgrims, it is the site of the Pillar of Ashoka (erected 240 BC) Under Muslim rule 1194-1801, it was then ceded to the British The Mughal emperor Akbar built a fort there in the late 16th century It was the scene of a serious outbreak in the 1857 Indian Mutiny As the home of the Nehru family, it was later a centre of the Indian independence movement It is the site of the Jmi Masjid (Great Mosque) and Allahabad University