Was there a plan to tear down the Taj Mahal and sell off the marble?
There is a persistent story that Lord William Bentinck (1774-1839), Governor-General of Bengal between 1828 and 1833 had proposed to dismantle the Taj Mahal and sell it for profit.
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There is a persistent story that Lord William Bentinck (1774-1839), Governor-General of Bengal between 1828 and 1833 had proposed to dismantle the Taj Mahal and sell it for profit.
A stone deity worshipped by the Bhils in Madhya Pradesh’s Bagh was recently proved to be a fossilised dinosaur egg. With scientists hoping to bag India's first UNESCO Geopark tag, can tribal traditions and fossilised gods reconcile with prehistoric truths and scientific temper?
Spielberg and the Temple of Doom writers were paying tribute to the movies they loved as kids. But those movies don't hold up so well now.
Many parts of Uttar Pradesh witness, in the month of Jyeshta, fairs commemorating the “baaraat” of Saiyyad Salar Masud, a semi-legendary figure who died
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has approved the setting up of the country's first geo park at Lamheta village on the banks of the Narmada river in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, local MP Rakesh Singh said on Sunday.