Humayun\’s Tomb, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, underwent large-scale conservation that began in 2007, and was completed in September 2013. On a recent visit, Dhara Vora discovered many unknown pages of Indian history, including the time when the site served as asylum to Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal emperor.
[…] The construction of Humayun’s Tomb was commissioned by his widow, Hamida Banu Begam in 1569. Humayun was the son of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, the first Mughal emperor of India and the father of emperor Akbar. The restoration work on the tomb was undertaken in 2007 by The Aga Khan Trust for Culture with co-funding from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and in partnership with the Archaeological Survey of India.
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