Alai darwaza

• The Alai Darwaza is the only entrance remaining of four added to the Qutub Complex by Ala ud-Din Khalji (reg. 1296 - 1316). 
• Located on the southeastern edge of the complex, its elaborate treatment suggests that it may have been used as a gate to the city itself through the extension of the Qutb mosque.

Adhai Din Ka Jhopra

• Designed by Abu Bakr of Herat and constructed by Qutb-ud-Din-Aibak in 1192 CE.
• Iltumish, the successor of Qutbuddin Aibak, built a screened wall with arches and inscriptions on it. The inscriptions have the name of Iltumish and the supervisor named Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Arid.

Anand Bhawan

• The Anand Bhawan is a historic house museum in Allahabad, which belongs to the Nehru family. 
• It was bought by Motilal Nehru in the 1930s to serve as the residence of the Nehru family when the original mansion Swaraj Bhawan was transformed into the local headquarters of the Indian National Congress.

Aram Bagh

• The Aram Bagh is the oldest Mughal Garden in India, originally built by the Mughal Emperor Babur in 1528, located about five kilometers northeast of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. 
• Originally, the garden was called Bagh-i-Gul Afshan, which means 'Light-Scattering Garden'.

Buland Darwaza

• Built in 1576 AD by Akbar.
• Highest entrance gate of its kind in the entire world.
• Built at the main entrance of Fatehpur Sikri.
• 42 stepsare to be climbed to reach main platform.

Bada Imambara

• The Imambara was built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula in 1784 and its designer was Kifayat-ullah who is said to be a relative of the architect of the Taj Mahal. 
• Built by the Nawab in a famine relief programme, this fort like huge and elegant structure is also called Asafai Imambara.

Chhota Imambara

• It was built by Nawab Muhammad Ali Shah in 1838. 
• Chota Imambara, which is also named as Imambara Husainabad Mubarak, also has the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Shah and his mother.
• The indoors have been designed to have two halls called the Azakhana and Shehnasheen. The beautiful green and white foyer of Azakhana is decorated with lights and chandeliers which are lit during special occasions. These lights are reason why the Europeans call the Chota Imambara of Lucknow the Palace of Lights.

Char Minar

• Built in 1591 by Md. Quli Qutub Shah in Hyderabad.
• Mosque built to commemorate eradication of deadly plague.

Diwan-i-khas

• Located within the Agra Fort, Diwan-i-khas like Diwan-i-am was also built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1635.

Ferozshah Kotla

• Feroz Shah Kotla Fort was built in 1354 by Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq.

Gol Gumbaz

• Built between 1626- 1656, by Md Adil Shah in Jadar Galli, Vijayapura, Karnataka .
• Tomb of Adil Shah & his two wives.
• Has a 'whispering gallery', even the slightest of sound can be heard.

Gateway of India

• Built in 1924 in Mumbai.
• Referred to as Taj Mahal of Mumbai.

Group of Monuments at Mandu

• The group of monuments of Mandu are situated about 42 km south-east of Dhar, 112 km south-west of Indore and 300 km south-west of Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh. There are 61 monuments including fort wall protected and declared as monuments of national importance.

1. Caves and Temples
2. Dilawar Khan's Mosque
3. Hindola Mahal
4. Jahaz Mahal
5. Tomb of Hoshang Shah
6. Jami Masjid
7. Madrasa or Ashrafi Mahal
8. Dai-Ki-Chhoti Bahen-Ka-Mahal
9. Malik Mughith's Mosque
10. Rupmati's Pavilion
11. Darya Khan's Tomb

Hawa Mahal

• Built in 1799 ,by Sawai Raja Pratbh Singh in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• 5 storey building with 953 windows. 
• The unique feature is its air conditioning effect.

Hauz Khas

• The words ‘Hauz': “water tank” (or lake) and ‘Khas':“royal” the “Royal tank”. 
• The large water tank or reservoir was first built by Alauddin Khilji ‘s reign (1296–1316) to supply water to the newly built fort and city of Siri (the second city of Delhi). 
• It was originally known as Hauz-i-Alai .

India gate

• Built in 1921.
• Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
• Also known as All India War Memorial.
• Built in memory of Indian soldiers who lost their lives in First World War. 

Jama Masjid

• Built in 1656 AD, by Shah Jahan in Central Delhi.
• Largest Mosque in India.

Khirki Masjid

• The Khirki Masjid is located in the settlement of Jahanpanah, Delhi, and was commissioned by by Khan-i Jahan Junan Shah, vizier to the Tughluq Sultan Firoz Shah (reg. 1351-1388).

Lake Palace

• Built between 1743- 1746 in Lake Pichola, Udaipur by Maharana Jagat Singh II .
• Now a museum that has all the royal pictures, clothing and art facts of the Wadiyar dynasty.

Lal Bagh

• Hyder Ali commissioned the building of this garden in 1760 but his son, Tipu Sultan, completed it. 

Lodi tomb

• The old Lady Willington Park, now known as Lodhi Garden, is dotted with monuments of Sayyid and Lodhi Periods, which include tombs mosques, and bridges .
• The tombs of Muhammad Shah and Sikandar Lodhi are the good examples of octagonal tombs. Shish and Bara Gumbad are square tombs with imposing dome, turrets on corners and facades giving false impression of being double storeyed.

Mysore Palace

• Built in 1897 by Rajarshi Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV in Mysore .
• Also known as Amba Vilas Palace.
• Palace is a 3-storey stone structure made with fine granite, grey in color, having deep pink marble stones atop a 5- storey tower.

Mehrangarh Mahal

• Built in 1460 at Jodhpur, Rajasthan by  Rao Jodha .
• One of the largest forts in India. 
• One of the well stocked Museums in India.

Moti Masjid

• The mosque was built by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb at the Red Fort complex in Delhi, India, from 1659-1660 for his 2nd wife Nawab Bai. 

Majuli island

• River Island of Majuli in midstream of Brahmaputra River in Assam.
• The river, its tributaries, the wet lands and the chaporis along with the island of Majuli make it the largest mid river delta system in the world.

Mattanchery Palace

• Mattanchery Palace (Ernakulam, Kerala) was built around 1555 A.D. by the Portuguese. 
• It is a two tiered quadrangular building consisting of long and spacious halls. The central open courtyard enshrines the tutelary diety of the royal family "Pazhayannur Bhagwati". The upper story consists of a coronation hall, bed chamber known as Ramayana room.

Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate

• It comprises of four component constitute the most representative, most authentic and best conserved examples of Deccani Sultanate monuments in India. The series demonstrates the exemplary convergence of national and international styles of Islamic architecture and their intersections with the prevalent Hindu architecture of the period southern Indian in present day Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

1. Bahmani Monuments
2. Bahmani and Barid Shahi Monuments
3. Adil Shahi Monuments
4. Qutb Shahi Monuments

Purana Qila

• Purana Qila or Qila-e-Kohna (both meaning `old fort’), this fortress was built in the 1530’s.
• The massive gateway and walls of Purana Quila were built by Humayun and the foundation laid for the new capital, Dinpanah .
• The work was carried forward by Sher Shah Suri, who displaced Humayun.

Panch Mahal

• The magnificent Panch Mahal is located in Fatehpur Sikri, Agra. The Panch Mahal is an elaborate and pillared five-story building which was built by King Akbar in the memory of the great Sufi saint Salim Chisti.
• The pool in front of the Panch Mahal is called the Anoop Talab.

Sarnath

• Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
• Sarnath is the place where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma then Buddhist Sangha has originated as well as came into existence because of the enlightenment of Kondanna. It is situated atleast 13 Km to north-east of Varanasi. There is a village 1 km away from the Sarnath known as the Singhpur where Shreyansanath was born. He was known as the eleventh Tirthankara of Jainism. This is why the sarnath is also an important pilgrimage site for Jainism.

Shalimar Garden

• The Bagh was built by Mughal Emperor Jahangir for his wife Noor Jahan, in 1619. 
• Its other names are Shalimar Bagh, Farah Baksh and Faiz Baksh.

Shantiniketan

• It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son Rabindranath Tagore in 19th Century.

Safdar Jung Tomb

• The Safdarjung Tomb also referred to as 'Safdarjung Ka Maqbara' is a garden tomb in New Delhi, India, made of marble and sandstone and built in late 18th century as mausoleum of Safdarjung. 
• This mausoleum was built by Safdarjung’s son Nawab Shujaud Daula in 1754, remains the last monumental garden tomb depicting Mughal architectural style.

Saint George Fort

• Built by the British East India Company in Madras (now Chennai), India, in 1644.
• It later became the British capital in south India.

Victoria Memorial

• Victoria Memorial is one of the famous and beautiful monuments of Kolkata. 
• It was built between 1906 and 1921 to commemorate Queen Victoria's 25-year reign in India.