The prince on becoming king after some years; changed
his name andwas called "Shahjahan" which
means 'Ruler/King of the whole World'.Shahjanan
then honored his wife Arjuman Bano with
name 'Mumtaz Mahal'. The king and queen continued
loving each other the way they did, and the queen
accompanied king Shahjahan in every campaign he
set for, even when she was pregnant.Around year 1631
when Mumtaz Mahal was pregnant,she accompanied
the king when he started his campaignto win the southern
states of India. Mumtaz Mahal, who gave birth to about
fourteen children (of which only four male and three
female children survived), died during childbirth at
Burhanpur, at the age of 39 years. Some stories say that
the devastated king was so sad thathe had imprisoned
himself in a room in remembrance of his lovely wife.
Some stories also state that the Shahajahan had banned
music, feasts and any kind of party for about two years
in his regime.No matter how hard he tried,but Shahjahan
could never forget his wife and he decided to build a
monument in the remembrance of his beloved wife.
He wanted to build a huge, beautiful monument,
entirely made up of marble which will be only one
of its types in whole world.
