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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HUMAYUN'S TOMB -  TOMB WAS BUILT 9 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF EMPEROR HUMAYUN IT WAS BUILT BY HUMAYUN’S WIFE HAMIDA BANU BEGUM HAMIDA BANU BEGUM WAS MOTHER OF EMPEROR AKBAR IT IS ALSO CALLED 'DORMITORY OF THE MUGHALS' THERE ARE OVER 100 GRAVES WITHIN THE ENTIRE COMPLEX MORE THAN 150 MUGHAL FAMILY MEMBERS ARE  BURIED IN THE CELLS IT WAS THE ARCHITECTURAL INSPIRATION BEHIND ICONIC TAJMAHAL IT IS NEAR TO SHRINE OF 14TH CENTURY SUFI SAINT HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN AULIA

SOME FACTS ABOUT HUMAYUN'S TOMB-  BUILT IN 1565, HUMAYUN'S TOMB WAS THE FIRST GARDEN TOMB ON INDIAN SUBCONTINENT IT WAS THE ARCHITECTURAL INSPIRATION BEHIND ICONIC TAJMAHAL HUMAYUN'S TOMB  IS THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL EXAMPLE OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA IT WAS BUILT BY HUMAYUN’S WIFE HAMIDA BANU BEGUM HUMAYUN'S TOMB  WAS DESIGNED BY A PERSIAN ARCHITECT ‘MIRAK MIRZA GHIYAS’ PERSIAN & INDIAN CRAFTSMEN BUILT THIS MAGNIFICENT GARDEN TOMB HUMAYUN'S TOMB  IS AN EXAMPLE OF CHARBAGH - FOUR QUADRANT GARDEN WITH FOUR RIVERS IT’S INTERIOR IS A LARGE OCTAGONAL CHAMBER WITH VAULTED ROOF COMPARTMENTS HUMAYUN'S TOMB  IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED, CLEAN & PEACEFUL PLACE HUMAYUN'S TOMB IS EASILY CONNECTED WITH METRO & CITY BUSES.  NEAREST METRO STATION IS JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STATIDUM ENTRY FEES IS INR 30 (INDIANS), INR 500 (FOREIGNERS) THERE ARE NO STILL PHOTOGRAPHY CHARGES IN THE TOM...