Shah Jahan took residence in the Dhaka Fort -- the site we commonly refer to as Dhaka Central Jail. As Bengal's de facto ruler, he restored law and order in various regions, including Cooch Behar ...

The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as the tomb of his wife Mumtaz. The constriction of the marble monument began in 1632 and took 22 years to finally be completed in 1653.

AGRA The Shah Jahan Garden, a huge green stretch next to the Taj Mahal, may get a new identity as there is a proposal to rechristen it as Ahilyabai Holkar Garden.

In 1631, Shah Jahan ordered that the Taj Mahal be built to house the tomb of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. “She was the second queen of the emperor,” Jain notes.

In 1957, King Mohammad Zahir Shah asked Gulgee to paint his portrait in oils. Gulgee went on to make portraits of members of the royal family, spending almost a year in Kabul.

This practice has been ongoing since the death of Shah Jahan (1592-1666),” he asserted, adding that a 1640-meter-long chadar is prepared for the final day of the event on January 28.

Shah Jahan's reign (1628–1658) is often regarded as the golden age of Mughal architecture. His aesthetic vision and patronage of the arts led to the creation of some of India's most iconic ...

Shah Jahan was famous in his own time for his knowledge of precious stones. His father, Jahangir, described an incident that demonstrates this: When Shah Jahan was a prince, ...

Water leakage from the dome also reached the chamber housing the tombs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. A video of the inundated garden has been circulating on social media ...

On this day: June 17 marks the death of Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, in 1631. Her passing inspired the emperor the construction of the Taj Mahal in Agra.

Shah Jahan moved the Mughal capital from Agra to Delhi present day Old Delhi where he had built a magnificent city naming it Shahjahanabad.