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'''Kasmanda Palace''' is a historic hotel in [[Mussoorie]], [[Uttarakhand]], India. It was originally built in 1836 by Captain Rennie Tailour of the [[Bengal Engineer Group|Bengal Engineers]] as part of the Christ Church complex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Mussorie as a Hill Station |url=https://youngintach.org/files/hill_station9.pdf|website=INTACH|accessdate=2025-07-09}}</ref><ref name="About">{{Cite web |title=Kasmanda Palace The Finest Heritage Boutique Hotel |url=https://kasmandapalace.com/about-us |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=kasmandapalace.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kasmanda Palace, Mussoorie History and details |url=https://www.welcomheritagehotels.in/app/uploaded_files/factsheet/-WH%20Kasmanda%20Palace%2C%20Mussoorie65442.pdf}}</ref> Over time, the building was used as a [[sanatorium]] for [[British soldiers]] during the [[Crimean War]] (1853–1856) and later became a school that operated from 1896 to 1910.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ĐộMaster |first=Ấn |date=2024-05-10 |title=Famous Palaces in India |url=https://indiafamousfor.com/famous-palaces-in-india/#:~:text=The%20Kasmanda%20Palace%20is,Church%20complex&text=of%20the%20oldest%20structures,Church%20complex&text=hill%20station%20of%20Mussoorie.,Church%20complex&text=initially%20a%20part%20of,Church%20complex |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=India Famous For |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1915, it was purchased by the ruling family of Kasmanda, a former princely state in [[Oudh State|Oudh]], for use as a summer residence.<ref name="Kaur">{{Cite news |last=Kaur |first=Hitani|title=Kasmanda Palace Hotel |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/hotels/kasmanda-palace-hotel/articleshow/35728450.cms |access-date=2025-04-10 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kasmanda Palace Hotel In Mussoorie – Mussoorie Hotels – Hotel Kasmanda Palace In Mussoorie |url=https://www.euttaranchal.com/hotels/kasmanda-palace-hotel-mussoorie.php |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=www.euttaranchal.com}}</ref>

== History ==
Kasmanda Palace was originally constructed in 1836 by Captain Rennie Tailour of the Bengal Engineers as part of the Christ Church complex in Mussoorie. During the mid‑19th century, it served as a sanatorium for British troops, notably during the Crimean War period,<ref name="About"/> and was later converted into one of Mussoorie’s first schools, operating until 1910.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kasmanda Palace |url=https://unacademy.com/content/ssc/study-material/general-awareness/kasmanda-palace/ |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=Unacademy |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1915, the estate was purchased by the ruling family of Kasmanda, a former [[Taluqdar|taluqdari]] house of Awadh and became their summer residence for six successive generations.<ref name="About"/> The main building was finally converted into a heritage boutique hotel in 1992 under Rajkumar Dinraj Pratap Singhji and Kunwarani Saheba Yadu Nandini Singh of Kasmanda.<ref name="Hotel">{{Cite web |title=Kasmanda Palace Mussoorie |url=https://www.heritagehotelsofindia.com/uttaranchal/hotel-kasmanda-palace.html |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=www.heritagehotelsofindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=LaBrooy |first=Trevor |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Children_of_Chance/ZKv8OpM6yo8C |title=Children of Chance |date=April 2009 |publisher=Dorrance Publishing |isbn=978-1-4349-6203-4 |page=115 |language=en}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
Kasmanda Palace is designed in Anglo‑French colonial style,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Perfect_Media/LstLAQAAIAAJ |title=Perfect Media: Travel and Corporate Magazine |date=August 2005 |publisher=Perfect Media |page=10 |language=en}}</ref> with its white‑plastered masonry walls and steep red‑sloping roofs set against three acres of pine‑forested lawns.<ref name="Hotel"/> The two‑storey mansion is laid out around a central courtyard, approached via a broad, colonnaded veranda that wraps the ground floor, while dormered attic windows and quoined corners add to its [[Victorian era|Victorian‑era]] elegance.<ref name="Kaur"/> Internally, the grand wooden staircase leads to 24 uniquely appointed rooms, each retaining period features such as carved wooden doors, marble flooring, and imported wrought‑iron balustrades.<ref name="Hotel"/> The surrounding [[Magnolia]] gardens, planted in the early 20th century by ''Rajmata Vidyawati Devi'' of Kasmanda, provide both shade and seasonal floral displays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kasmanda Palace The Finest Heritage Boutique Hotel |url=https://kasmandapalace.com/restaurant |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=kasmandapalace.com}}</ref>

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SanjayGhare at 10:16, 10 July 2025