While on a study tour in India‚ I had an opportunity to visit Mother Teresa Orphanage‚ in the famous city Agra. Even though Agra is known for Taj Mahal‚ a symbol of love for his wife by Emperor Shah Jahan‚ appropriately Mother Teresa built this orphanage for her love towards the disabled kids who were abandoned by their parents in the same city. It was in that center while holding a six-month year old boy‚ it struck me profoundly how lucky and fortunate I am. I am blessed with a happy family where
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Narayanhiti Durbar Museum is the perfect place to learn the history of Shah dynasty of Nepal including the thrilling yet mysterious royal massacre event. All the visitors and the tourists need to pay a certain amount as entrance fee to enter the museum. Narayanhity Royal Palace or Narayanhity Durbar is the home of the monarchs of Nepal. Some parts of this palace are more than 200 years old. It is the Royal Palace of the Nepali King. The Shah kings moved
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| The Taj Mahal | Michaela Anne Hameed | | This is about the history and facts on the Taj Mahal | | Michaela Anne Hameed | 2/20/2012 | | Michaela Hameed Michaela Hameed The Taj Mahal is considered to be one of the Wonders of the World and it is most likely the most famous building in all of India. It is a mausoleum and it was dedicated to Shan Jahan’s deceased third wife Mumtaz Mahal. She died giving birth to her fourteenth child. After her death he decided to
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architectural significance Sher Shah of the Sur Dynasty who ruled over the Kingdom of the Mughals after driving Humayun out of the country was not only a great administrator but a lover of art also. He built several forts‚ tombs and mosques. The monuments of Sher Shah are a continuation of the Lodi style. The mausoleums are octagonal in plan and have verandahs around them‚ surmounted by huge domes. The verandahs have three smaller domes on each side. Sher Shah built the Purana Quila in Delhi
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is the seventh-largest country by geographical area‚ the second-most populous country with well over one billion people‚ and the world’s most populous democracy. The Taj Mahal was built between 1632 and 1653 by the Mughal Empire. It was the emperor Shah Jahan’s monument to his wife Mumtaz Mahal. I also learned that the geographic size of India is 1.2 million square miles. The Capital is New Delhi. The major cities and population and most population are New Delhi‚ (7 million)‚ Bombay (13 million)
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Mughals made in art was architecture‚ because they left so many great mausoleums‚ mosques‚ and palaces. Perhaps the most famous piece of architecture even in the world today is the Taj Mahal‚ which is a mausoleum that was built by the Mughal monarch Shah Jahan to entomb his third wife’s remains after she died in childbirth. Construction on this beautiful structure began in around 1632 and was completed in the year 1653. This structure was built mainly of marble‚ and it includes many tranquil gardens
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European history has always been one of my favorite subjects. Also it is quite a famous place and it was built and destroyed due to some circumstantial events that interest me. Taj Mahal: (Asia) It was a large monument built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. It is one of the most famous wonders of the world and part of the “New Seven Wonders of the World.” It is a huge tourist attraction and attracts about 2 to 4 million people per year. It was built in the 1600s
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There were many factors that lead to the Iranian revolution of the 1970s‚ and it had a lasting impact on the Middle East as we know it today. The revolution showed the world what could happen when a nation is fed up with a leader who’s been‚ from the people’s perspective‚ ‘bought’ by the western world. Revolutions have happed all throughout history‚ but the revolution in Iran was unique‚ because it was the first one where a leader who was backed by the West had been defeated. Key sources for this
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dynasty. Both Great Britain and Soviet Russia invaded and occupied Iran in August 1941‚ forcing the abdication of Mohammad Reza Shah in favour of his son‚ in retaliation to his declaration of neutrality in the Second World War and his refusal to allow Iranian territory to be used to supply and transport arms to Russia. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi‚ Reza Shah’s son then became the Shah of Iran until he was overthrown by the Islamic Revolution in February 1979 led by Ruhollah Khomeini‚ who was supported by various
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Agra by order of the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife‚ the Taj Mahal is the most perfect jewel of Moslem art in India and is one of the universally admired architectures of the world’s heritage. Not only see the beautiful Taj Mahal from the video‚ I also knew the history of itself and its country. A white marble tomb sums up many of the formal themes that have played through Islamic architecture. The video did talk a lot of how much Shah Jahan himself and his father loved
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