Taj_Mahal_Bangladesh Knowpia

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Taj Mahal Bangladesh (Bengali: তাজ মহল বাংলাদেশ) is an architectural imitation of Taj Mahal, a Mughal mausoleum in Agra, India,. The structure was built by Ahsanullah Moni, a Bangladeshi film-maker, as a tourism destination for low-income families from Bangladesh. Construction of the 1.6 hectare complex took five years from 2003 to 2008, and cost about $58 million.^[1]^[2] It was opened to the public in March, 2009.^[3]

Controversy edit

The Indian High Commission expressed concern about possible copyright infringement of the original building,^[4] despite it being "unlikely to detract from the magnificence of the original".^[5]

Closed view of a Minar of Tajmahal Bangladesh

References edit

^ Dummett, Mark (9 December 2008). "Bangladesh to open own Taj Mahal". BBC News. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
^ Randeep Ramesh in Delhi (10 December 2008). "Bangladeshi director to build mini-Taj Mahal". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
^ Sonargaon, Bangladesh (2 January 2009). "Bangladesh Gets a Preview of Faux Taj Mahal". .voanews.com. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
^ "India fumes at duplicate Bangladeshi Taj Mahal". Hindustan Times. India. 10 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
^ Rhys Blakely (12 December 2008). "No love lost over Bangladesh's copycat version of the Taj Mahal". The Times. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2011.