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Who was Mumtaz Mahal, the women who inspired the Taj Mahal #history #mumtazmahal #tajmahal

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Portrait of Arjumand Banu Begum (1593-1631), empress of Mughal Empire as #MumtazMahal, who was #BornOnThisDay
17th-century
Lahore Museum
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#MumtazMahal died #OnThisDay in 1631, plunging Shah Jahan into deep grief; in response, he built the #TajMahal, intending to make it the greatest monument to love in the history of the world; it's an iconic image of #Mughal #architecture & of #India itself:

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