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TAJ MAHAL

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TAJ MAHAL

The Taj Mahal took 22 years to build, by an estimated 20,000 workers using about 1,000 elephants to move the construction materials. The building is a cenotaph built by Shah Jahan in honour of his wife Mumtaz Mahal who died while giving birth to their 14th child.


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