This document provides information about several important historical monuments in India: India Gate in Delhi was built to honor soldiers who died in World War 1; Red Fort is also in Delhi where the prime minister raises the national flag on Independence Day; Char Minar in Hyderabad was built over 400 years ago by Sultan Mohammod Ouli Outb Shah and has four towers that are each 53 meters tall; Taj Mahal was commissioned by Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal and took over 20,000 workers 22 years to complete; Gol Gumbaz in Bijapur, Karnataka has the second largest dome in the world without any pillars supporting it; Qutub Minar in

1. Historical
Monuments

2. INDIA GATE
• THE INDIA GATE IS
LOCATED IN
DELHI.
• IT WAS BUILT TO
PAY THE HOMAGE
TO THE SOLDIERS
WHO DIED IN THE
1st WORLD WAR.

3. RED FORT
• IT IS LOCATED AT
DELHI.
• ON INDIPENDENCE
DAY THE PRIME
MINISTER OF INDIA
HOISTS THE
NATIONAL FLAG OF
INDIA (TIRANGA).

4. CHAR MINAR
• IT IS LOCATED AT
HYDERAVBAD.
• IT WAS BUILT BY
MAHARAJA SULTAN
MOHAMMOD OULI
OUTB SHAH.
• IT IS MORE THAN 400
YEARS OLD.
• ITS EACH TOWER’S
HIGHT IS 53 METRES.

5. TAJ MAHAL
• IT WAS BUILD BY AN
EMPEROR CALLED
SHAN JAHAN IN THE
MEMORY OF HIS
BELOVED WIFE
MUMTAZ MAHAL.
• IT TOOK 20,000
LABOURERS AN
CRAFTSMEN TO
COMPLETE IT IN 22
YEARS

6. GOL GUMBAZ
• IT IS LOCATED AT
BIJAPUR,KARNATA
• IT IS THE SECOND
LARGEST DOME IN
THE WORLD.
• THIS HUGE DOME
STANDS WITHOUT
ANY PILLOR.

7. QUTUB MINAR
• THE QUTUB MINAR IS
THE HIGHEST STONE
TOWER IN INDIA.
• IT IS SITUATED AT DELHI.
• IT WAS STARTED
BUILDING BY A KING
NAMED QUTUB-UD-DIN
AIBAK AND WAS
COMPLETED BY
ILTUTMISH WHO WAS
THE NEXT KING.