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It depends whether Agriculture Land falls within the definition of Capital Asset u/s 2(14) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 or not.
If it falls within the meaning of capital asset, than one has to determine whether it is a short term or long term capital gain and accordingly you can claim exemption u/s 54 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Even if assumed that it falls u/s 2(14) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 than also capital gain would be taxabe since investment in commercial property cannot help you to claim exemption from capital gain u/s 54 of the Income Tax Act, 1961