Ajay Mohan       Mar 13, 2023

Here goes a historical fact about the 16th-century monument Humayun Tomb in Delhi, that you might not know.  

The tomb of Humayun was built by the orders of his first wife and chief consort, Empress Bega Begum.

Construction began in 1565 and was completed in 1572.

The construction cost was Rs. 15 Lakh.

During the partition in 1947, tens of thousands of Muslims sheltered  behind the walls of Humayun's Tomb.

They stayed there to wait for safe passage to Pakistan.

There were no proper toilets for the refugees, so they       started wetting in the garden itself.

The situation was so horrible that the Regal fountain (in Pic) at Humayun’s  Tomb fouled with human dirt.

That time, it was filled with sand to reduce the smell in surrounding  areas.