My mother and grand mother always had told me that this palace was built by king for which family we are part of. This palace was built by The Prince Khurram in the memory of his beloved wife after she died giving birth to his 14th child. Khurram became king After a bloody battle he won ant took the name SHAH JAHAN which basically means KING OF THE WORLD. In 1631 his wife died she was only 39 years old. SHAH JAHAN was very upset and the royal court rule the mourning of 2 years there was no music, no feasting, and no celebration of any kind. He was also a passionate builder so he decided to build a palace for her wife so the whole world will know about his love for his wife. The palace was build on Yumna River so it could be seen from SHAH JAHAN PALACE. Work on palace started in 1633
20,000 workers laboured for 17 years to build it. The most skilled architects, inlay craftsmen, calligraphers, stone-carvers and masons came from all across Indian and lands as distant as Persia and Turkey. Yemen sent agates, the corals came from Arabia, the garnets from Bundelkhand, onyx and amethyst from Persia. QUEEN'S final resting-place was ornamented like a queen’s jewel-box. The one interesting fact about this whole palace thing is that all the worker who had work on this palace have their hand cut off after it was build because when king saw it and it was so beautiful he did not want any more palace build like this so he cuts every worker hand off. So this family legend is true about my family.
