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ICC World Twenty20 2016

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The  2016 ICC World Twenty20  will be the sixth  ICC World Twenty20  tournament and is scheduled to be held in  India from 8 March to 3 April. [1] style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; white-space: nowrap;">[2] [3] [4]  The  International Cricket Council , after its first meeting in Dubai on 28 January 2015, awarded India the rights to host the World Twenty20 championship in 2016.  Sri Lanka  are the defending champions. Teams For the second time, the tournament will feature 16 teams. All ten  full members  will qualify automatically, and are joined by the six  Associate Members  that qualified through the  2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier , played in Ireland and Scotland between 6 to 26 July 2015. The qualifying teams are Scotland, Ireland, th...

Taj Mahal

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C onstruction of the mausoleum was essentially completed in 1643 but work continued on other phases of the project for an additional ten years. The Taj Mahal complex is believed to have been completed in its entirety in 1653 at a cost estimated at the time to be around 32 million Indian rupees, which in 2015 would be valued at around 52.8 billion Indian rupees ($827 million US). The construction project employed around 20,000 artisans under the guidance of a board of architects led by   Ustad Ahmad Lahauri . The  domed marble tomb is part of an integrated complex consisting of gardens and two red- sandstone  buildings surrounded by a  href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crenellated" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Crenellated">crenellated  wall on three sides.  The Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the best example of  Mughal architecture  and is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in Ind...