Knowledge about historical monuments of India Part – 5 THE HAZARDUARI PALACE

 Knowledge about historical monuments of India

Part – 5

THE HAZARDUARI PALACE

The Hazarduari Palace in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India is a well-known palace with a thousand doors, but only 100 of them are real:

Name: The name Hazarduari translates to “a thousand doors” in Hindi.

●Purpose: The palace was built with 900 fake doors to confuse potential attackers and give the Nawab’s soldiers time to catch them.

●Design: The palace is an example of Indo-European architecture and is built in the Greek (Doric) and Italian styles.

●Size: The palace is 80 ft tall, 130 m wide, and 61 m broad.

●Rooms: The palace has 114 rooms and 8 galleries.

●Collection: The palace is now a museum that houses a collection of armor, paintings, portraits, ivory, and other works of art.

●Location: The palace is located on the east bank of the Bhagirathi River.

●History: The palace was designed by Duncan Macleod for Sayyid Mubarak Ali Khan II, the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. The foundation stone was laid in 1829 and the palace was inaugurated in 1838.

●Nearby attractions: The palace is located in the Kila Nizamat enclosure, which also includes the NizamatImambara, Wasif Manzil, the Bachhawali Tope, and the Murshidabad Clock Tower.