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Qutub Minar

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  Qutub Minar,delhi india The  Qutub Minar  (hindi:   कुतुब मिनार , urdu : قط,ب  مینار ‬ ‎) is a minaret that forms a part of the Qutub minar , an UNESllCOWORLD Heritage   site  in the  Mehrauli  area of Delhi,India.  Qutub Minar is a 73-metre (239.5 feet) tall tapering tower of five storeys, with a 14.3 metres (47 feet) base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metres (9 feet) at the peak.  It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps.  Its design is thought to have been based on the  Minaret of Jam , in western Afghanistan. Qutab-ud-din-Aibak, founder of the  Delhi Sultanate , started construction of the Qutub Minar's first storey around 1192. In 1220, Aibak's successor and son-in-law  Iltutmish  completed a further three storeys. In 1369, a lightning strike destroyed the top storey. Firoj shah tughalaq replaced the damaged storey, and added one more.Sher Shah suri also added an entrance to ...
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Matheran Maharashtra

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Matheran  is a  hill station  and a  municipal council  in  Karjat   Tahsilin  the  Raigad district  in the  Indian   state  of  Maharashtra . The smallest hill station in India, it is located on the  Western Ghats range at an elevation of around 800 m (2,625 feet) above  sea level . It is about 90 km from  Mumbai , and 120 km from  Pune . Matheran's proximity to many metropolitan cities makes it a popular weekend getaway for urban residents.  Matheran , which means "forest on the forehead" (of the mountains) is an eco-sensitive region, declared by the  Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ,  Government of India . It is Asia's only automobile-free hill station. Location Country                    India State                          Ma...
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Taj Mahal historical place

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                                                 TajMahal Location                                          Agra, Uttar Pradesh,India About  list of most visited states in India can never be complete without adding Uttar Pradesh, the hub of spirituality and historical . From Taj Mahal at Agra to historical ghats at Varanasi, there are countless places in between which have been attracting domestic as well as international tourists for centuries. Constructio  of the mausoleum was essentially completed in 1643 but work continued on other phases of the project for another 10 years. The Taj Mahal complex is believed to have been completed in its entirety in 1653 at a cost estimated at the time to be around 32 million  rupees , whi...
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