Tehri Garwal house is located on 5-Bhagwan Das Raod, near Mandi House. -------------------------------------------------- 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 >> owing to >> > the State Govt. Houses bearing the same names. An >> important >> > source of information would be the INTACH book (2 >> volumes) >> > titled "Delhi: the Built Heritage: a Listing." >> > >> > Though the original plan was that all these >> buildings be >> > built by Lutyens himself but for some reasons, >> Lutyens >> > became the architect for only 2 of these: Baroda >> House and >> > Hyderabad House. Hyderabad House, after >> completion, was >> > summarily rejected by the Nizam's sons as they >> thought >> > it was too Western for their taste. I could not >> gather >> > information about the architects of other such >> buildings, >> > which I will appreciate if you have. >> > >> > Any other information, images regarding the >> subject would >> > be welcome. >> > >> > Sumanta K Bhowmick. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Mobile : 91 9971369909 >> > bhowmicksk@yahoo.com >> > >> > >> > --- On Thu, 8/5/08, pabitra saha >> > <pksaha000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> > >> > From: pabitra saha <pksaha000@yahoo.co.uk> >> > Subject: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Royal houses in Delhi >> > To: "royalty" >> > <INDIA-ROYALTY-L@rootsweb.com> >> > Date: Thursday, 8 May, 2008, 11:50 PM >> > >> > Some time back, there was discussion on residences >> of >> > Rajas/ Maharajas in New >> > Delhi. Are any members still working on the same? >> > >> > There appears to be two "Pataudi Houses" , One >> > near Connaught Place ( >> > Near Lady Irwin School) and other in Old Delhi ( >> near Jama >> > Masjid). >> > >> > Similarly there appear to be two Jodhpur Houses. >> One near >> > India gate and other >> > on Aurangzeb Road. >> > >> > Is there a Bundi House, behind Jodhpur House ( >> Officers >> > quarters, India gate)? >> > >> > PKS >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > __________________________________________________________ >> > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. >> > A Smarter Email >> http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to >> > INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> > 'unsubscribe' without >> > the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> message >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and >> more. 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