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TAJ MAHAL

The Taj Mahal is considered to be one of the modern wonders of the world. It was made a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1983 and is estimated to receive 2.5 million visitors a year. However, as glorious a building as it is, its origin story is filled with personal tragedy.

The Taj Mahal is ultimately a mausoleum commissioned by Shah Jahān around 1632 to house the remains of one of his wives, Mumtaz Mahal. They had met years before Shah Jahān was made emperor and she was his second

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