Weatherday: For a beloved wife

A cloudy start. Some heavy showers and localised thunderstorms possible. Brighter in the afternoon, with continuing chance of thundery showers.

Highest temperature 16deg in mostly light northerly winds.

On this day in 1631 Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth in India. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then commissioned her tomb, which took more than 20 years to build. Today, the Taj Mahal is one of the most well-known buildings in the world.

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