37)  Chausath
 Khamba, also spelled Chaunsath Khamba  is a tomb built during 1623–24. 
It is located in Nizamuddin precincts (a heritage zone) of Sufi Muslim 
shrines and tombs in New Delhi, India. The name means "64 pillars" in 
Urdu and Hindi. It was built by Mirza Aziz Koka, son of Ataga Khan, as a
 mausoleum for himself, at the time when Mughal Emperor Jahangir ruled 
from Delhi. Mirza Aziz Koka had served several times as Jahangir’s 
Governor of Gujarat before his died in Gujarat. Ataga Khan was prime 
minister of Emperor Akbar  

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