The capital city of Delhi was originally the capital of the Tomara clan in the 11th century A.D and later it became the capital of the Mughals. The city has some of the famous historical monuments; out of which some were built by the Mughals and the Britishers. Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Humayun's Tomb, Rashtrapati Bhawan, and Parliament House are the main monuments in Delhi, depicting its ancient history. Monuments of Prithviraj Chauhan, the Lodi Tombs, and the Siri Fort of Allauddin Khilji are some of the other monuments that you can see on your tour to Delhi.
The state's land is interspersed with the mountains of the Vindhya and the Satpura ranges along with deep valley of rivers flowing into the Bay of Bengal in the east and into the Arabian Sea in the west. With almost one third of India's forest reserves, the state is rich with some of the finest deciduous hard woods in the world. The Mahadeo Hills (Satpura range) is the home of tiger, panther, Indian bison and the myriad herbivores. National parks and sanctuaries like the Kanha National Park have been established. Besides, the state has a history spanning into centuries.
The construction of this marble masterpiece is credited to the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan erected this mausoleum in memory of his beloved wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, popularly known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in A.H. 1040 (A.D. 1630). Her last wish to her husband was "to build a tomb in her memory such as the world had never seen before". Thus emperor Shah Jahan set about building this fairytale like marvel.....
