Taj Mahal has been voted as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. ... Shah Jahan, a Muslim ruling Emperor, built the Taj Mahal in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal at Agra, India. When Mumtaz Mahal was still alive, she asked for four promises from Shah Jahan: first, that he built the Taj Mahal after she died; second, that he should marry again; third, that he should be kind to their children; forth, that he visit the tomb on her death anniversary. ... The actual bodies of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan are in a plain crypt beneath the inner chamber of the Taj Mahal. ... Long live the Taj Mahal and...

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Taj Mahal About one hundred miles east of Delhi in Northern India stands the city Agra. ... It stands as a monument to represent the love that Shah Jahan had for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. ... In fact, while pregnant with her 14th child, Mumtaz Mahal was with her husband's army in Burhampar. ... It was that which had started the building of the Taj Mahal. ... He named it "Taj Mahal" Taj is part the his wives name and Mahal means Palace. ...

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