The Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri was built to commemorate the conquest of which region?
- A.Bengal
- B.Gujarat
- C.Kashmir
- D.Khandesh
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Gujarat. The Buland Darwaza is the towering southern gateway of the Jama Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri, raised by Akbar as a gate of victory in memory of his conquest of Gujarat. It is among the loftiest gateways in India and carries an inscription with the famous saying that the world is a bridge, pass over it but build no house upon it.
Option A is wrong because the conquest of Bengal, completed in the same decade, is not the campaign the gateway commemorates. Option C is wrong because Kashmir was annexed later, in 1586. Option D is wrong because Khandesh and Asirgarh fell to Akbar at the very end of his reign, by which time Fatehpur Sikri had already been abandoned as a capital.
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