Taj Mahal Options

[ZUHA_ALI]

What the great people said about the TAJ MAHAL

Each women can be proud of it
(Farah Deeba pehlvi,Ex.1st Lady of Iran)

If my husband promises to build a Taj Mahal just like this,I would be ready to die just now
(Queen Elzabeth)

I'd love to live in Taj Mahal instead of White House.
(Mrs.jacqueline kennedy.Ex 1st lady of USA)

God knows why "Ford" has not built such as building in America
(Aua Gardner,Renowed Actress of Holly wood)

I have never seen such a beautiful dream
(King Hussain of Jadan)

What else is there in India except poverty and Taj Mahal
(Mau Tza Tung,Leader of Communist China)

I wish that Taj Mahal would be transffered at the bank of River Thames.
(Churchil.Ex Pm of Uk)

Don't See Taj Mahal in moonlight,it would move you to madness.
(Marlus Bardon Brando,Holly Wood Actor)

[NATURE]

Controversial History of Taj Mahal ...
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From the day of my childhood, My Mom has been telling me about the Love of Shah Jahan and
Mumtaz and to show how much he loves her he created this " 1 of the Greatest wonders of the World ".
Yes, The TAJ MAHAL ...
I used to be surprised whenever My Mom said that. Still I used to .. But a long time back
This news came to my ears and then to my Brain. What news ? That Shah Jahan is not the
Creator of Taj Mahal, many people did it together and after a long time work, this dream became
Real ... I didn't believe this and forgot it but a few days back I got different people doing research
On this .. I don't know whether it is true or not. if this is not true then think what type of people we
Have around us, what they r trying to do. They want to take the credit of the great achievement
Which was actually done by somebody else ( Shah Jahan ) ... But if this is true then think how Shah Jahan
Distorted the complete History ...... Many of u may not like my message or may even hate ...
Truth will always remain truth whether bad or good, whether we like or dislike ...
Read this if u r interested. But U can't come to any conclusion unless u don't study. Go through this Page ...
TAJ MAHAL
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[daremedevil]

Controversial History of Taj Mahal ...

Which was actually done by somebody else ( Shah Jahan ) ...  But if this is true then think how Shah Jahan
Distorted the complete History ...... Many of u may not like my message or may even hate ...
Truth will always remain truth whether bad or good, whether we like or dislike ...
Read this if u r interested. But U can't come to any conclusion unless u don't study. Go through this Page ...
TAJ MAHAL
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The origin of the name "Taj Mahal" is not clear. Court histories from Shah Jehan's reign only call it the rauza (tomb) of Mumtaz Mahal. It is generally believed that "Taj Mahal" (usually translated as either "Crown Palace" or "Crown of the Palace") is an abbreviated version of her name, Mumtaz Mahal.......
The construction of this marble masterpiece is credited to the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan who erected this mausoleum in the memory of his beloved wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, popularly known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in AH 1040 (AD 1630). Her last wish to her husband was "to build a tomb in her memory such as the world had never seen before". Thus emperor Shah Jahan set about building this fairytale like marvel.

The construction of Taj Mahal was started in AD 1631 and completed at the end of 1648 AD. For seventeen years, twenty thousand workmen are said to be employed on it daily, for their accommodation a small town, named after the deceased empress-'Mumtazabad, now known as Taj Ganj, was built adjacent to it. Amanat Khan Shirazi was the calligrapher of Taj Mahal, his name occurs at the end of an inscription on one of the gates of the Taj. Poet Ghyasuddin had designed the verses on the tombstone, while Ismail Khan Afridi of Turkey was the dome maker. Muhammad Hanif was the superintendent of Masons. The designer of Taj Mahal was Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. The material was brought in from all over India and central Asia and it took a fleet of 1000 elephants to transport it to the site. The central dome is 187 feet high at the centre. Red sandstone was brought from Fatehpur Sikri, Jasper from Punjab, Jade and Crystal from China, Turquoise from Tibet, Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire from Sri Lanka, Coal and Cornelian from Arabia and diamonds from Panna. In all 28 kind of rare, semi precious and precious stones were used for inlay work in the Taj Mahal. The chief building material, the white marble was brought from the quarries of Makrana, in distt. Nagaur, Rajasthan