Due to the Waqf Bill and then the new Waqf law, the discussion has started across the country about the property of Waqf. It is being claimed that Raj Bhavan is also built on Waqf’s land in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. In this sequence, there is another question that the global heritage Taj Mahal is built on whose land. There is also another question from this question that what is the secret of the closed rooms of the Taj Mahal.
Such questions have not arisen for the first time. It is sometimes claimed that the Taj Mahal is built on the land of the temple and sometimes it is said to be the property of the Jaipur royal family. In many episodes, it has been said to tamper with the structure of the Shiva temple and build the Taj Mahal. However, many times the then historians have tried to give answers to all these questions in their own way.
Mumtaz claims to be a grave in Taj Mahal
The existence of Taj Mahal in modern history has been described as Mughal. It states that the Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his Begum Mumtaz. It is claimed that Mumtaz’s grave is built inside the Taj Mahal. Now the question is, on whose land it is built and what was at this place before the construction of the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal is mentioned in the book Badshahnama written by Shah Jahan’s courtiers Abdul Hameed Lahori.
Description in 17th century documents
It states that the land of Taj Mahal was of the Rajput royal family of Jaipur. When Shah Jahan liked the location of this land, he took this land from Rajput king Jai Singh and in return he had given him four havelis in Agra. This detail is also confirmed in other historical documents of contemporary ie 17th century. To a large extent in the matter, modern historians Eba Coach and Giles Tilotson also made.
Temple or vacant land, what was the Taj Mahal here?
According to historical details, the construction of the Taj Mahal started in 1632 and was completed in 1653. Some historians claim that there was earlier Shiva temple at this place, while some people claim that there was a structure like vacant land like Bagh Bagchi. However, no strong evidence is available in support of all these claims. Since it was land on the banks of Yamuna, strategic significance was enough. It is said that Shah Jahan was looking for such land for Mumtaz’s tomb. So he talked to King Jai Singh and took this land from him.