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Image: Employees of the Taj Palace Hotel walk inside the heritage wing of the hotel in Mumbai

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Mumbai's Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel

Mumbai's Taj Palace hotel, which suffered extensive damage from a siege laid by four heavily armed gunmen in November 2008, is set to reopen after restorations costing $38 million and taking 18 months.

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Image: Employees of the Taj Palace Hotel walk inside the heritage wing of the hotel in Mumbai

Employees of the Taj Palace Hotel walk inside the heritage wing of the hotel in Mumbai August 11, 2010. Indian Hotels Co. Ltd., owner of the Taj luxury chain, has restored its property that was damaged following a militant attack in November 2008. Picture taken August 11, 2010. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)
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Image: A hotel employee carries flowers in the

A hotel employee carries flowers in the newly-restored heritage wing of Mumbai's landmark Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel is seen on August 11, 2010 before its reopening on August 15. Restoration work on the 105-year old section of the luxury hotel has taken 18 months after it was badly-damaged by fire, shooting and explosions when four heavily-armed Islamist gunmen stormed the building on November 26, 2008. Thirty-one people, including 12 Taj employees, were killed at the hotel, which was the focus of the deadly 60-hour siege that left 166 people dead and more than 300 others injured across the city. AFP PHOTO/ Punit PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
— Punit Paranjpe / AFP
Image: Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai about to reopen

epa02284097 A car drives past the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, on 12 August 2010. Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, which was one of the major targets of terror attacks in 2008, is set to reopen its heritage wing on 15 August 2010, India's Independence Day. EPA/STR
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Militants Overcome As Siege Ends In Mumbai

MUMBAI (BOMBAY), INDIA - NOVEMBER 29: (ISRAEL OUT) Locals look at a fire as it burns at Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel following an armed siege on November 29, 2008 in Mumbai, India. Indian officials have declared the siege at the Taj hotel over as the remaining militants were killed when commandos stormed the building. The city of Mumbai was rocked by multiple coordinated terrorist attacks that targeted locations popular with foreigners, late on November 26, killing at least 195 people. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
— Uriel Sinai / Getty Images Europe
Militants Overcome As Siege Ends In Mumbai

MUMBAI (BOMBAY), INDIA - NOVEMBER 29: Security services survey a destroyed room inside the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel after the armed siege on November 29, 2008 in Mumbai, India. Indian officials have declared the siege at the Taj hotel over as the remaining militants were killed when commandos stormed the building. The city of Mumbai was rocked by multiple coordinated terrorist attacks that targeted locations popular with foreigners, late on November 26, killing at least 195 people. (Photo by Julian Herbert/Getty Images)
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Image: Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai about to reopen

epa02284101 A worker making the bed in a renovated room of the heritage wing of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, on 12 August 2010. Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, which was one of the major targets of terror attacks in 2008, is set to reopen its heritage wing on 15 August 2010, India's Independence Day. EPA/STR
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Image: The newly-restored heritage wing of Mumb

The newly-restored heritage wing of Mumbai's landmark Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel is seen on August 11, 2010 before its reopening on August 15. Restoration work on the 105-year old section of the luxury hotel has taken 18 months after it was badly-damaged by fire, shooting and explosions when four heavily-armed Islamist gunmen stormed the building on November 26, 2008. Thirty-one people, including 12 Taj employees, were killed at the hotel, which was the focus of the deadly 60-hour siege that left 166 people dead and more than 300 others injured across the city. AFP PHOTO/ Punit PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
— Punit Paranjpe / AFP
Image: An employee of the Taj Palace Hotel works inside the heritage wing of the hotel in Mumbai

An employee of the Taj Palace Hotel works inside the heritage wing of the hotel in Mumbai August 11, 2010. Indian Hotels Co. Ltd., owner of the Taj luxury chain, has restored its property that was damaged following a militant attack in November 2008. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)
— Danish Siddiqui / X02733
Image: A room's bathroom in the newly-restored

A room's bathroom in the newly-restored heritage wing of Mumbai's landmark Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel is seen on August 11, 2010 before its reopening on August 15. Restoration work on the 105-year old section of the luxury hotel has taken 18 months after it was badly-damaged by fire, shooting and explosions when four heavily-armed Islamist gunmen stormed the building on November 26, 2008. Thirty-one people, including 12 Taj employees, were killed at the hotel, which was the focus of the deadly 60-hour siege that left 166 people dead and more than 300 others injured across the city. AFP PHOTO/ Punit PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
— Punit Paranjpe / AFP
Image: Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai about to reopen

epa02284098 A security guard walks through a renovated passageway of the heritage wing of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, on 12 August 2010. Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, which was one of the major targets of terror attacks in 2008, is set to reopen its heritage wing on 15 August 2010, India's Independence Day. EPA/STR
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Image: A room in the newly-restored heritage wi

A room in the newly-restored heritage wing of Mumbai's landmark Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel is seen on August 11, 2010 before its reopening on August 15. Restoration work on the 105-year old section of the luxury hotel has taken 18 months after it was badly-damaged by fire, shooting and explosions when four heavily-armed Islamist gunmen stormed the building on November 26, 2008. Thirty-one people, including 12 Taj employees, were killed at the hotel, which was the focus of the deadly 60-hour siege that left 166 people dead and more than 300 others injured across the city. AFP PHOTO/ Punit PARANJPE (Photo credit should read PUNIT PARANJPE/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
— Punit Paranjpe / AFP
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, people walking past are seen through a window of the renovated heritage wing of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India. Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel, which was one of the major targets of terror attacks almost two years, is set to reopen its heritage wing on Aug. 15, India's Independence Day. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
— Rajanish Kakade / AP
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Hotel parent company Tata Group head Ratan Tata (in spotlight) poses with staff on the grand cantilever staircase under the hotel's iconic red dome as a cascade of red rose petals reopens the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel in Mumbai on August 12, 2010. Eighteen months after it was stormed by Islamist militants, the 107-year old heritage wing of the luxury seafront hotel is set to receive guests from Indian Independence Day August 15 onwards for the first time since it was badly damaged by fire, smoke and explosions in the deadly 60-hour siege. A total of 1.75 billion rupees (37.3 million dollars) has been spent repairing, restoring and upgrading the wing. AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
— Indranil Mukherjee / AFP
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