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The Taj Mahal

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Commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (who was the emperor of Hindustan from 1628 CE to 1658 CE), to house the tomb of his wife Mumtaz Mahal (who died of postpartum hemorrhage in 1631 CE), the  Taj Mahal  is a white marble mausoleum which sits on the right bank of the river Yamuna , in the city of Agra , Uttar Pradesh, India.