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The Safdarjung's Tomb is located in:

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Answer: Option D — Delhi

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Safdarjung's Tomb is a garden tomb located in New Delhi, on Lodhi Road.

About Safdarjung's Tomb:

  • It is the tomb of Mirza Muqim Abul Mansur Khan, known as "Safdarjung", who was the Nawab of Awadh and the Prime Minister (wazir) of the Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur.
  • It was built in 1754 by his son, Shuja-ud-Daula, the next Nawab of Awadh.
  • It is built of red and buff sandstone with white marble, in the late Mughal style.
  • It is set in the middle of a large "charbagh" (a garden divided into four parts by water channels and paths), like Humayun's Tomb and the Taj Mahal.
  • It has a central dome, four corner towers (chhatris) and a raised platform.
  • It is often called the "last flicker in the lamp of Mughal architecture", because it was one of the last great garden tombs built in the Mughal style, at a time when the empire was declining.
  • The complex includes a mosque, a madrasa and pavilions such as the "Moti Mahal", "Jangli Mahal" and "Badshah Pasand".
  • It is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.
  • The nearby Safdarjung Airport and Safdarjung Hospital are named after the area.

About Safdarjung:

  • He was a Persian noble from Nishapur (in present-day Iran), and the nephew and son-in-law of Saadat Khan Burhan-ul-Mulk, the founder of the Awadh dynasty.
  • He became the Nawab of Awadh in 1739.

Other tombs of Delhi:

  • Humayun's Tomb: built by his widow Bega Begum and completed in about 1570; the first garden tomb in the Indian subcontinent; UNESCO World Heritage Site (1993).
  • Lodi Gardens: tombs of Muhammad Shah (Sayyid dynasty) and Sikandar Lodi.
  • Tomb of Iltutmish in the Qutub complex.
  • Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan's Tomb: restored in 2020.
  • Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq at Tughlaqabad.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗Lucknow has the Bara Imambara and Chota Imambara.
  • ✗Agra has the Taj Mahal and Itimad-ud-Daulah's Tomb.
  • ✗Hyderabad has the Qutb Shahi tombs.

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Remember: Safdarjung's Tomb = Delhi (built 1754 by Shuja-ud-Daula for his father Safdarjung, Nawab of Awadh and Mughal wazir; "last flicker of Mughal architecture"); Humayun's Tomb = first garden tomb.

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