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Photo: Photo by Dey.sandip via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)A son built it for his father between 1754 and 1774, and it has been called the last flicker of Mughal architecture.
A tomb built between 1754 and 1774 for Safdarjung, the powerful Mughal-era governor of Awadh, by his son Shuja-ud-Daula. Often called the "last flicker of Mughal architecture," it borrows heavily from Humayun's Tomb but on a more modest scale, reflecting the empire's declining resources. The mausoleum sits within a formal charbagh garden with a marble-domed central chamber. It is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India and remains a quieter counterpart to Delhi's more famous Mughal tombs.
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108 stone steps lead down to what was once a deep water tank, between walls built to pull your eye toward the water.
Feroz Shah Tughlaq had an Ashokan pillar moved here, and it still stands among the ruins of his fortress.
Gandhi lived here for his last 144 days, from 9 September 1947. On 30 January 1948 he was assassinated on these grounds, and a line of footsteps cast in concrete traces his last walk to the prayer meeting.