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Mogul emperor Sha Jahan ordered building the Taj Mahal in 1631 after her beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal died in childbirth, after nineteen years of marriage. The construction took 22 years, being finished in 1654, and it constitutes one of the greatest examples of Islamic architecture. It also remains as one of the finest commemorative monuments to faithful marital love, but since Mumtaz Mahal died in childbirth, the monument could be taken as a warning symbol of treacherous obstetric accidents responsible for maternal mortality. |
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