Hazarduari Palace

Hazarduari Palace

Hazarduari Palace , earlier known as the Bara Kothi, is located in the campus of Kila Nizamat in Murshidabad, in West Bengal.

How to reach:

Many trains are available from Kolkata station to Murshidabad station. Hazarduari palace is located 3 kilometers away from the station.

History:

The foundation stone of the palace was laid on 9 August 1829, and that very day the construction work was started. William Cavendish was the then Governor-General of India. Colonel Duncan MacLeod of the Bengal Corps of Engineers supervised the construction. The construction was completed in December 1837. The name of the palace that is Hazarduari means "a palace with a thousand doors". Hazar means "thousand" and Duari means "the one with doors"; thus, the total sums up to "the one with a thousand doors". The palace has 1000 doors, of which100 are false, and a total of 114 rooms.

Interesting Facts:

• The false doors were built so that if any predator tried to do something wrong and escape, he would be confused between the false and real doors, and by that time he would be caught by the Nawab's guards.

• A grand flight of stairs of 37 steps of stone, the lowermost one of which is 108 feet (33 m) long, leads up to the palace's upper portico. This grand staircase is perhaps the biggest one in India.

• There is a total of 20 galleries in the museum which showcases different objects of historical importance such as armory, paintings and royal exhibits

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