The Plan to Sell the Taj Mahal

 

The East India Co. wanted to sell the Taj Mahal!

The East India Co. (E.I.C) was a British public trading company that started trading in eastern India. The E.I.C soon started conquering large parts of the Indian subcontinent, South-east Asia and China. However, did you know that the East India Co. wanted to sell the Taj Mahal?! In the 1830s, the Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck wanted to dismantle the Taj Mahal and sell its marble in London! Lord William Bentick got this idea in 1828, when he visited the Agra Fort in Agra and had the Shahi Hammam- the royal bathhouse demolished and had its marble sold too!

Lord William Bentinck

 During WWII superstitious sailors of the navies on both sides tattooed chickens and pigs on their legs!

During WWII superstitious sailors of the Allied forces and the Axis power’s navies tattooed chickens and pigs on their legs! They did this because they believed that the tattoos would prevent them from drowning.

 

The Mongols never took baths or washed their clothes!

The Mongols never took baths or washed their clothes as they believed that if they polluted the water by bathing in it the spirits that lived in the water, would be offended. They also didn’t wash the vessels they ate in for the same reason.