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- Recently, Safdarjung Tomb has suffered damages owing to the recent rains.
- The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has taken cognisance of the matter and will begin a repair exercise soon.
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- The Safdarjung Tomb, designed by an Ethiopian architect marks the last colossal garden tomb of the Mughals
- It was built in 1753- 54 as the mausoleum of Safdarjung, the viceroy of Awadh under the Mughal Emperor, Mohammed Shah.
- It is made of marble and sandstone
- It has several smaller pavilions with evocative names like Jangalmahal, (Palace in the woods), Moti Mahal (Pearl Palace) and Badshah Pasand (King’s favourite).
- The complex also has a madrasa.
- It is one of the 174 ASI-protected monuments in Delhi.
- In 2019, it became the third ASI-protected monument in Delhi to be illuminated, after Red Fort and Purana Qila.
Image Courtesy : Outlook India
About Safdarjung
- He was a Persian native and a descendant of Qara Yusuf from the Kara Koyunlu
- He was born Muhammad Muqim in Khurasan in 1708 AD.
- In 1722 AD, he relocated to India.
- The ever powerful and resourceful statesman Safdarjung, who proved his mettle as an able administrator relocated to Delhi where he was made the Wazir ul-Mamalik-i-Hindustan or Prime Minister of Hindustan
- The Emperor Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad Shah bestowed upon him the title of “Safdarjung”.
- In 1754, he died in Sultanpur near Faizabad.
Source:TH
