The Mughal Empire was the first large empire in India since the Gupta Empire (nearly a millennium years of difference); it was made up of many ethnicities‚ a variety of geographic localities‚ and hundreds of nobles and their principalities. At its largest extent‚ this empire contained over 140 million inhabitants‚ as well as encompassing 3.5 million square kilometers. However‚ as all empires do‚ the Mughal Empire faced many difficulties‚ and by the turn of the 19th century‚ had weakened significantly
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Egyptian-American El Sayyid Nosair assassinates controversial right-wing Zionist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane. November 4‚ 1991: Al-Qaeda Linked Assassination Attempt on Exiled King of Afghanistan Zahir Shah. [Source: Associated Press]An assailant posing as a Portuguese journalist stabs Zahir Shah‚ the former king of Afghanistan‚ in his home in exile in Rome. Dec. 29‚ 1992 In the first al-Qaida attack against U.S. forces‚ operatives bomb a hotel where U.S. troops -- on their way to a humanitarian
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(alternative spelling Noor Jahan‚ Nur Jehan‚ Nor Jahan‚ etc.) (31 May 1577–17 December 1645)‚ also known as Mehr-un-Nisaa‚ was Empress of the Mughal Empire that covered much of the Indian subcontinent. She was an aunt of Empress Mumtaz Mahal‚ Emperor Shah Jahan’s wife for whom the Taj Mahal was made. Begum Nur Jahan was the twentieth and favourite wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir‚ who was her second husband. The story of the couple’s infatuation for each other and the relationship that abided between
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Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1565‚ and is another of Agra’s World Heritage Sites. A stone tablet at the gate of the Fort states that it had been built before 1000 but was later renovated by Akbar. The red sandstone fort was converted into a palace during Shāh Jahān’s time‚ and reworked extensively with marble and pietra dura inlay. Notable buildings in the fort include the Pearl Mosque or Motī Masjid‚ the Dīwān-e-’Ām and Dīwān-e-Khās (halls of public and private audience)‚ Jahāngīr’s Palace‚ Khās Mahal
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HISTORY OF INDIA’S TOURISM INTRODUCTION It’s 65 years since independence‚ and in its wake Indian tourism industry has traversed a rocky road – much like the subcontinent itself. High Life surveys six colourful decades… Flashing with heat and drowned by monsoons‚ with its rainbow of saris and the fast-changing blues of its overarching skies India‚ to the chilly British mind‚ has long defined the exotic… ´Characteristics grow more vivid beneath the Indian sky‚’ From text pg. 206 -------------------------------------------------
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the world. The Koh-I-Noor Diamonds ( Mountain / hill of Light ) is now among your British The queen’s Jewels.This fabulous ancient diamond weighs about 105.60 carats.First mentioned in 1304‚ it is believed to have been recently once that is set in Shah Jehan’s legendary peacock throne as one of the peacocks big eyes. The Agra Diamond is graded as a naturally colored Fancy Lighting Pink and even weighs 33.34 carats.It was sold approximately 6.9 million in 1990.Since this sale‚ it has been modified
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man was the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan‚ who was head-over-heels in love with his wife Mumtaz Mahal fig.1. She was a Muslim Persian princess and he was the son of a Mughal Emperor. It was at the age of 14 that he met Mumtaz and fell in love with her and five years later in 1612‚ they got married 1. Fig 1 Mumtaz Mahal‚ an inseparable companion of Shah Jahan‚ died in 1631‚ while giving birth to their 14th child. It was in the memory of his beloved wife that Shah Jahan built a glorious monument
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CHAPTER TWO ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS IN INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT AND BANGLADESH. A good connection existed between the Indian sub-continent and Europe since the ancient time. The Arab traders exported the commodities of Indian subcontinent to Venice and Genoa Ports of Italy in the middle age. These Ports commodities were also sent to various countries of Europe. This business was monopolized by the Arab and Italian traders. In this way‚ they earn a large amount of profit. Gradually‚ the merchants
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of the new states. 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
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percentage of the partial replacement by preparing a mix M20 grade was designed as per Indian Standard method and the same was used to prepare the test samples. The design mix proportion used were Conventional Concrete‚ 10%‚ 20%‚ 30%‚ 40% replacement of cement by industrial waste like fly ash and hypo sludge.In the test performed‚the optimum compressive stress obtained by utilizing paper waste was at 30% replacement. At the place where strength is not of more importance or rather structure is for temporary
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