From 26 February until 1 March 2023 The Crown Prince Couple is on a visit to India to lead the business promotional campaign, which includes a total of 38 Danish companies. The Indian cities New Delhi, Chennai and Agra are the setting for the official visit and a green business promotional campaign which focuses on water and energy in India. On the first day of the visit The Crown Prince Couple visited India’s famous marble monument Taj Mahal located near the northern India city Agra, which previously was the capital of the Great Mughals. Here, the Great Mughal Shah Jahan built a monument to his late wife Mumtaz Mahal during the years of 1632-1653.

Later Their Royal Highnesses visited Agra Fort, located by the banks of the Yamuna River. During the visit The Crown Prince Couple were on a guided tour of the area, whose history goes back more than 1000 years.

It was the Great Mughal Shah Jahan – the Taj Mahal’s builder – who completed the fort in its current form around 400 years ago. From the fort, Shah Jahan could for the rest of his life – some of the years spent under house arrest after losing power to his son – view his wife’s memorial monument, Taj Mahal.

Agra Fort is fortified by a ring wall of red sandstone more than two kilometers long, and during the time of the Mughal Empire, it was the center of the empire.