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Agra (ind)

India

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Agra ranks 1,066th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Siegen, Columbia, Missouri, and Ōta, Tokyo. Memorable people born in Agra include Mumtaz Mahal, Ghalib, and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I. Memorable people who died in Agra include Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Maham Anga, and Faizi. Agra has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and companions. Agra is located in India.

Agra is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 230 kilometres (140 mi) south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. It is also the part of Braj region. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the fourth-most populous city in Uttar Pradesh and twenty-third most populous city in India. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1547 and 1979, Agra was the birth place of 14 globally memorable people, including Mumtaz Mahal, Ghalib, and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in Agra including Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Maham Anga, and Faizi. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Agra than were born there.

People Born in Agra

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Agra were writers (4), politicians (4), actors (4), companions (1), and biologists (1),  while most who died were politicians (8), companions (5), writers (2), and historians (1).

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Agra, including Nimmi, Raj Babbar, and Dalip Tahil. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Agra, including Ghalib, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, and Mir Taqi Mir.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Agra since 1700.