Hazarduari Palace
| Hazarduari Palace | |
|---|---|
The palace illuminated at night | |
Location of the palace in West Bengal | |
| Former names | Bara Kothi |
| Alternative names | Nizamat Kila |
| Etymology | Place of 1,000 thousand doors (of which 100 are false)[see note a] |
| General information | |
| Type | Palace |
| Architectural style | |
| Location | Kila Nizamat, Murshidabad, Murshidabad district, West Bengal |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 24°11′11″N 88°16′07″E / 24.1864°N 88.2687°E |
| Groundbreaking | 9 August 1829 |
| Completed | December 1837 |
| Cost | 16.50 Lacs gold coins |
| Client | Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah |
| Owner | Archaeological Survey of India |
| Height | 24 m (80 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions |
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| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Grounds | 41 acres (17 ha) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Colonel Duncan MacLeod |
| Other information | |
| Parking | Available |
| Public transit access | train: Hazarduari Express; and bus |
A c. 1814 painting by William Prinsep of the Nizamat Fort area, showing the old and small Nizamat Fort, from the British Library | |
| Official name | Hazarduari Palace and Imambara (Murshidabad) |
| Designated | 1977 |
| Reference no. | N-WB-122 |
| References | |
The Hazarduari Palace, earlier known as the Bara Kothi, is a former palace and now a national monument and public cultural museum, located in the campus of Kila Nizamat in Murshidabad, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated near the bank of river Ganges. Based on designs by Colonel Duncan McLeod, the palace was built in the nineteenth-century Neoclassical Italianate style with Doric order influences, by Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah, the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa between 1824 and 1838.
Together with the Nizamat Imambara, the palace is a Monument of National Importance since 1977, and administered by the Archaeological Survey of India since 1985.