Agra Fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site located about 2.5 km northwest of its sister monument, the Taj Mahal. The fort can be more accurately described as a walled city that was originally a brick fort, held by the Hindu Sikarwar Rajputs and mentioned for the first time in 1080 AD when a Ghaznavide force captured it.

The Sultan of Delhi was defeated in 1526 and Mughals then captured the fort. Babur stayed in the fort in the palace of Ibrahim and Akbar made it his capital and arrived in Agra in 1558. The fort was in a ruined condition and Akbar had it rebuilt with red sandstone from Barauli area in Rajasthan completing it in 1573.

The fort was the site of a battle during the Indian rebellion of 1857, which caused the end of the British East India Company's rule in India, and led to a century of direct rule of India by Britain.