Bahawalpur House is the National School of Drama. I think Darbhanga House is the only property still with a royal family at 9, Man Singh Road. It was originally to buy it for Prime Ministers house instead of Race Course Road but Govt thought that the cost was too high!!!! (I wonder why they did not take it over in "national interest" as they did with other houses.) I think Maharani Kamsundari still lives there. --- Epicure <shyamofindia@hotmail.com> wrote: > The original structure of Mandi House is no longer > there, it was demolished > to make way for a pair of ill conceived, ill > constructed and ugly towers. > The portion of the boundary wall facing the round > about is still of the > original Mandi House. > > Some more Houses: > > Baroda House- It is housing Northern Railway head > quarters. > > Patiala House- In a criminal state of neglect, > housing courts. > > Travencore House - on Hailey Road round about houses > some Kerala government > office, perhaps tourism office. > > Hyderabad House is the State guest house of Govt of > India, where PM holds > official meetings, lunches or dinners. > > Dharbhanga house- Perhaps still with the youngest > queen. > > Best Wishes! > SHYAM > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "akshay chavan" <akshaychavan@yahoo.com> > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:52 PM > To: <india-royalty@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Royal houses in Delhi > > > Hi > > > > I don't thnk I have the complete list too. > > > > 1. Sangli - It was alloted to sangli state but > house > > was not built. > > > > 2. I think Andhra land was Pataudi House... not > sure. > > > > 3. Dholpur House - Yes, the UPSC building was the > > Dholpur house. > > > > 4. Kota House - This is the Naval mess which you > are > > referring to. It belonged to Kota Family. > > > > 5. Next to Kota house, and kapurthala house on > > mansingh road is Jaisalmer House. > > > > 6. The Nepal Embassy was originally alloted to > Dhar > > state. I am not sure if building was built by Dhar > > family too. > > > > 7. There was Bharatpur House but am not sure of > its > > location. > > > > 8. Cochin House is situated on Janpath. It > belonged to > > Khushwant Singh's father. It is called Kerala > House > > now. > > > > 9. There were Nabha house, Jind House and Tehri > > Gharwal House as well. > > > > 10. Doordarshan head office is located in Mandi > House > > belonging to Mandi state. I dont know if orginal > > palace is still there. > > > > I too would love to know if someone has complete > list. > > > > > > Regards > > Akshay > > > > > > --- pabitra saha <pksaha000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Can you give the list of 19 houses. As per rough > >> figure by my guess, there appear to be more than > 35. > >> Was there a Sangli state where presently > Maharashtra > >> Sadan is under construction and was called Sangli > >> Apartments? Who was the owner of Andhra Land opp. > >> Lady Irwin School. Was Dholpur House where UPSC > is > >> presently located, enjoyed higher gun salute than > >> Jamnagar, who house is next ( the Naval mess of > >> today) and away from India Gate? > >> > >> PK Saha > >> > >> > >> --- On Sun, 11/5/08, Sumanta K Bhowmick > >> <bhowmicksk@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > >> > From: Sumanta K Bhowmick <bhowmicksk@yahoo.com> > >> > Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Royal houses in > Delhi > >> > To: "royalty" <INDIA-ROYALTY-L@rootsweb.com>, > >> pksaha000@yahoo.co.uk > >> > Date: Sunday, 11 May, 2008, 2:42 PM > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > I initiated the discussions on the Royal houses > >> > (residences) in Delhi in connection with my > >> research on the > >> > subject sometime ago in this forum.. I'm > thankful > >> it has > >> > come up again thru many of you. > >> > > >> > There are 19 Royal residences of the Ruling > >> Princes and > >> > Chiefs in New Delhi, as per my count. But it is > >> not yet > >> > final, as some more may be added. The British > >> government > >> > had requested the Princely States to construct > >> their > >> > residences/guest houses mainly around the > Princes > >> Park area > >> > (now India Gate hexagon). The reason was > simple: > >> they wanted > >> > the friendly States and allies to stay closer. > And > >> the > >> > Princely States also wanted some royal > >> accommodation during > >> > their visits for the Chamber of Princes > sessions. > >> > Accordingly, each of them was offered around 8 > >> acres of > >> > land in the adjoining areas, the preference > being > >> given to > >> > the higher gun salute States. The cost of land > was > >> roughly > >> > Rs.10,800 (I'll check it out again fr my > sources) > >> which > >> > some of the States failed to pay. There are > >> interesting > >> > correspondeces between the Princely States and > the > >> British > >> > government regarding allotment, choice of > >> location, visit > >> > of the Maharajas to the sites and > >> > payment criteria etc. > >> > > >> > The Raisina Hills and the Rashtrapati Bhawan > land > >> belonged > >> > to the Maharaja of Jodhpur (Source: Aman Nath). > >> And the > >> > India Gate, Connaught Place, Jantar Mantar area > >> belonged to > >> > the Maharaja of Jaipur. The Maharaja of Jaipur > was > >> not > >> > willing to part with lands in Jaisinghpura, > >> Madhoganj, Bas > >> > Hanuman in Delhi for the new Imperial capital, > but > >> > eventually gave them away in lieu of land in > New > >> Delhi. > >> > > >> > Thanks to all of you who have mentioned other > >> Royal Houses > >> > in the Old Delhi area. (Incidentally, older > maps > >> refer > >> > Shahjahanabad as Delhi and the present New > Delhi > >> and south > >> > of it as Old Delhi!!) Many of these are now > being > >> used by > >> > respective State or Central govt. and are not > >> being > >> > maintained properly. There may be some > confusion > === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ