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Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

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The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel stands beside the Gateway of India on Mumbai's waterfront, commissioned by the Indian industrialist Jamsetji Tata and opened on December 16, 1903. Its design, credited to the architect W. A. Chambers with the Indian engineers Sitaram Khanderao Vaidya and D. N. Mirza, blends Moorish, Oriental and Florentine architectural elements beneath a distinctive red onion-shaped dome that has become one of Mumbai's best known landmarks. The hotel was heavily damaged in the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, during which gunmen held the building under siege for several days, and it was subsequently restored and reopened. It remains one of India's most prominent hotels and a symbol of the city's waterfront skyline.

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Hotel 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Mumbai, India 1
Completed Year
1903 2
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Standing 1
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Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Hotel 1
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Indo-Saracenic Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (Wikipedia)
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1. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel (Wikipedia)
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  • lead paragraph, first sentence, type clause
    a heritage, five-star, luxury hotel in the Colaba area of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • lead paragraph, second sentence
    it opened in 1903 as the Taj Mahal Hotel
  • lead paragraph, first sentence, location clause
    in the Colaba area of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • Lead section
    The Taj Mahal Palace is a heritage, five-star, luxury hotel in the Colaba area of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, situated next to the Gateway of India.
  • In Style: Indo-Saracenic Architecture, lead paragraph, second sentence, style clause
    Built in the Indo-Saracenic style, it opened in 1903 as the Taj Mahal Hotel
  • In Group: Hotels and Grand Hotels, Lead paragraph
    The Taj Mahal Palace is a heritage, five-star, luxury hotel in the Colaba area of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, situated next to the Gateway of India.
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2. Wikidata: Taj Mahal Palace Hotel
  • Wikidata Q19104, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q19104, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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