Shahjahan had four sons and several years after the completion of the Taj Mahal, Shahjahan fell ill. The four sons entered into conflict and 3 of these sons were killed leaving only Aurangzeb who took advantage and deposed his father c. 1658. The Shah Jahan was imprisoned in the Agra Fort until his death.
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Taj Mahal stands on the bank of River Yamuna, which otherwise serves as a wide moat defending the Great Red Fort of Agra, the centre of the Mughal empire until they moved their capital to Delhi in 1637. It was built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in 1631 in the memory of [...]
Read More...Taj Mahal is the symbol of eternal love, a visitor may often get lost in the memories of the stories he had heard from his child-hood looking at this structure as well as its image reflected in the pool below. The story is that this beautiful structure was built by one of the most [...]
Read More...The epitome of love, Taj Mahal will be a mouse click away now. The Archaeological survey of India, the government agency for the maintenance and conservation of monuments in India will soon start e-ticketing to facilitate visitors visiting Taj from all over the world. The sixteenth century white marble mausoleum of Mughal king, Shahjahan [...]
Read More...Costume designer Anna Singh has nearly 600 films to her credit. But Akbar Khan’s Moghul era classic Taj Mahal – An Eternal Love Story had been unique. She swears she has never put in the kind of effort for any other fil m. Now, with the National Award coming her way for the regal [...]
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