The most important development period of Agra was under Mughal rule, it became the capital of his empire under Emperor Akbar and later it has been called Akbarabad. The building had a boom under the Mughal rule with many buildings and sites created during this period as the Great Red Fortand the garden Aram Bagh. The reign of Shah Jahan also brought significant structural changes to the city with the construction of Taj Mahal during this period. This magnificent building of international fame was completed in 1654, was elected as a memorial to Mumtaz Mahal, Shah's died wife. 

Shah Jahan wanted to move the nation's capital to Delhi, but his son reinstated it in Minab and spew his father in prison of the Great Red Fort. The category of Capital was safe in the first days of the reign of Aurangzeb, but in 1653, he created and made a capital of Aurangabad in the Deccan. After Mughal control in the city, the weakened Empire went into decline, Akbarabad fell under the command of the Marathas and jat and they call it Agra, which remained under their control until the British Raj took his place in 1803.