who started and completed the construction of qutub minar
Qutb Minar Qutab Ud-Din-Aibak, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started construction of the Qutub Minar's first storey around 1192. In 1220, Aibak's successor and son-in-law Iltutmish completed a further three storeys. In 1369, a lightning strike destroyed the top storey. Firoz Shah Tughlaq replaced the damaged storey, and added one more.Sher Shah suri also added an entrance to this tower while he was ruling and Humayun was at an exile.[5]
The Palazzo The Tam O'Shanter motel was built and opened in 1959,[7] on 1.5 acres (0.61Â ha) of the land.[8] The motel was owned by Bernie Zeldin, and was named after Illinois' Tam O'Shanter Golf Course, where Zeldin frequently played.[7] The motel had 100 rooms,[9] and featured a distinctive neon sign resembling a tam o' shanter cap.[7] The sign was later donated to the city's Neon Museum.[10][11] The Spanish Trail Motel went out of business around 1960.[5] In 1962, it reopened as the Imperial 400 Motel.[5]