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	{{Infobox building		{{Infobox building
	\|name = Patna Secretariat		\| name = Patna Secretariat
	\| ~~native_name~~ = ~~पटना सचिवालय~~		\| map_type = #India Bihar#India Patna
	\| building_type = Government building		\| map_caption = Location with Patna
	\|~~image~~ = [[~~File:The Secretariat, Patna.jpg~~\|~~300px~~]]		\| map_dot_label = Patna Secretariat
	\| caption = The Secretariat in ~~the 1940s~~		\| building_type = Government building
	\| coordinates = {{coord\|25.~~3619~~\|N\|85.~~659~~\|E\|scale:10000\|display=inline,title}}		\| architectural_style = [[Indo-Saracenic architecture\|Indo-Sarcenic Style]]
	\|start_date = 1913		\| alternate_names = Old Secretariat
	\|completion_date= 1917		\| image =
	\|room_count =		\| caption = The Secretariat in 2022
	\|elevator_count =		\| coordinates = {{coord\|25.599\|N\|85.117\|E\|scale:10000\|display=inline,title}}
	\|cost =		\| start_date = 1913
	\| location = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]		\| completion_date = 1917
	\| address =		\| room_count =
	\|floor_area =		\| elevator_count =
	\|architect = Joseph P. Munnings		\| cost =
	\|engineer =		\| location = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
	\|main_contractor=		\| address = Old Secretariat, Harding Road, [[Patna]]
	\|developer = [[Martin Burn]]		\| floor_area =
	\|owner = [[Government of Bihar]]		\| architect = Joseph P. Munnings
	\|management =		\| engineer =
	\|references =		\| main_contractor =
			\| developer = [[Martin Burn]]
			\| owner = [[Government of Bihar]]
			\| website = https://state.bihar.gov.in
			\| management =
			\| references =
	}}		}}
	'''Patna Secretariat''', also known as '''Patna Sachivalaya''' or '''Old Secretariat''', is the administrative headquarters of the state [[Government of Bihar]] in [[India]]. It is located in [[Bihar]]'s capital city of [[Patna]]. This building is situated between two iconic buildings of the city, [[~~Raj~~ Bhavan ~~(Bihar)~~\|~~Raj~~ Bhavan]] in the west and [[Patna High Court]] in the far east.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://patnapedia.com/index.php?env=-in-link/links/link_detail:m325-1-1-2-s-:l-10369-3-10-- \|title=Sachivalaya \|publisher=PatnaPedia \|date=2012-10-08 \|access-date=2014-02-17 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224002927/http://patnapedia.com/index.php?env=-in-link%2Flinks%2Flink_detail%3Am325-1-1-2-s-%3Al-10369-3-10-- \|archive-date=24 February 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		'''Patna Secretariat''', also known as '''Patna Sachivalaya''' or '''Old Secretariat''', is the administrative headquarters of the state [[Government of Bihar]] in [[India]]. It is located in [[Bihar]]'s capital city of [[Patna]]. This building is situated between two iconic buildings of the city, [[Lok Bhavan, Patna\|Lok Bhavan]] in the west and [[Patna High Court]] in the far east.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://patnapedia.com/index.php?env=-in-link/links/link_detail:m325-1-1-2-s-:l-10369-3-10-- \|title=Sachivalaya \|publisher=PatnaPedia \|date=2012-10-08 \|access-date=2014-02-17 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224002927/http://patnapedia.com/index.php?env=-in-link%2Flinks%2Flink_detail%3Am325-1-1-2-s-%3Al-10369-3-10-- \|archive-date=24 February 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

	==Location, architecture and design==		==Location, architecture and design==
	Patna Secretariat is a mighty Victorian construction located to the east of the Raj Bhavan in Patna.<ref>{{cite web \|author=Piyush Kumar Tripathi \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131023/jsp/bihar/story_17481350.jsp#.UwJTE4GDkTA \|title=Speed corridors on track \|publisher=Telegraphindia.com \|date=2013-10-23 \|access-date=2014-02-17 \|url-status=~~live~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210118/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131023/jsp/bihar/story_17481350.jsp#.UwJTE4GDkTA \|archive-date=29 October 2013 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Built by the British in the Indo-Sarcenic style, it was completed in 1917.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Patna-Secretariat-44982.htm \|title=Patna Secretariat in Patna India \|publisher=India9.com \|date=2005-06-07 \|access-date=2014-02-17 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222032420/http://www.india9.com/i9show/Patna-Secretariat-44982.htm \|archive-date=22 February 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> It is 716 feet long 364 feet wide and remains one of the largest government buildings of the ~~City~~. A huge clock tower stands tall amidst the beautiful and green lawn of the place.<ref>{{cite web \|author=Hindustan times – Sun 29 Aug 2010 \|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/airport-authority-india-downsize-patna-20100829.html \|title=Airport Authority of India to downsize Patna 'Clock Tower' - Yahoo News India \|publisher=In.news.yahoo.com \|date=2010-08-29 \|access-date=2014-02-17 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302015957/http://in.news.yahoo.com/airport-authority-india-downsize-patna-20100829.html \|archive-date=2 March 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Originally, it was 198 feet high, but a part of it fell down during the [[1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake]]. Currently, its height is 184 feet from the ground. A four-foot gap left between the concrete ceiling and the outer covering of tiles from Raniganj ensures a reasonable temperature in the interiors during the hot season.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Abhay Singh, TNN & Agencies \|url=~~http~~://~~articles.~~timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~2012-06-14~~/patna/~~32234267_1_roofs~~-~~clock~~-~~tower~~-~~mansard~~ \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140217183242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-14/patna/32234267_1_roofs-clock-tower-mansard \|url-status=~~dead~~ \|archive-date=2014-02-17 \|title=Majestic seat of real power \|date=2012-06-14 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2014-02-17}}</ref>		Patna Secretariat is a mighty Victorian construction located to the east of the Raj Bhavan in Patna.<ref>{{cite web \|author=Piyush Kumar Tripathi \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131023/jsp/bihar/story_17481350.jsp#.UwJTE4GDkTA \|title=Speed corridors on track \|publisher=Telegraphindia.com \|date=2013-10-23 \|access-date=2014-02-17 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210118/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131023/jsp/bihar/story_17481350.jsp#.UwJTE4GDkTA \|archive-date=29 October 2013 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Built by the British in the Indo-Sarcenic style, it was completed in 1917.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Patna-Secretariat-44982.htm \|title=Patna Secretariat in Patna India \|publisher=India9.com \|date=2005-06-07 \|access-date=2014-02-17 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222032420/http://www.india9.com/i9show/Patna-Secretariat-44982.htm \|archive-date=22 February 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> It is 716 feet long 364 feet wide and remains one of the largest government buildings of the city. A huge clock tower stands tall amidst the beautiful and green lawn of the place.<ref>{{cite web \|author=Hindustan times – Sun 29 Aug 2010 \|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/airport-authority-india-downsize-patna-20100829.html \|title=Airport Authority of India to downsize Patna 'Clock Tower' - Yahoo News India \|publisher=In.news.yahoo.com \|date=2010-08-29 \|access-date=2014-02-17 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302015957/http://in.news.yahoo.com/airport-authority-india-downsize-patna-20100829.html \|archive-date=2 March 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Originally, it was 198 feet high, but a part of it fell down during the [[1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake]]. Currently, its height is 184 feet from the ground. A four-foot gap left between the concrete ceiling and the outer covering of tiles from Raniganj ensures a reasonable temperature in the interiors during the hot season.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Abhay Singh, TNN & Agencies \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Majestic-seat-of-real-power/articleshow/14110308.cms \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140217183242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-14/patna/32234267_1_roofs-clock-tower-mansard \|url-status=live \|archive-date=2014-02-17 \|title=Majestic seat of real power \|date=2012-06-14 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|access-date=2014-02-17}}</ref>

	The campus has lawns and other remarkable things, such as bronze statue of the first [[Chief Minister of Bihar]], Bihar Kesari [[Srikrishna Sinha]] to the west of Lawn and the [[Martyr's Memorial Patna\|Martyr's memorial]] to commemorate the sacrifice of seven students during 1942 [[Quit India Movement\|August Kranti movement]].		The campus has lawns and other remarkable things, such as bronze statue of the first [[Chief Minister of Bihar]], Bihar Kesari [[Srikrishna Sinha]] to the west of Lawn and the [[Martyr's Memorial Patna\|Martyr's memorial]] to commemorate the sacrifice of seven students during 1942 [[Quit India Movement\|August Kranti movement]].
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{{Infobox building
|name = Patna Secretariat
| native_name = पटना सचिवालय
| building_type = Government building
|image = [[File:The Secretariat, Patna.jpg|300px]]
| caption = The Secretariat in the 1940s
| coordinates = {{coord|25.3619|N|85.659|E|scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
|start_date = 1913
|completion_date= 1917
|room_count =
|elevator_count =
|cost =
| location = [[Patna]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]
| address =
|floor_area =
|architect = Joseph P. Munnings
|engineer =
|main_contractor=
|developer = [[Martin Burn]]
|owner = [[Government of Bihar]]
|management =
|references =
}}
'''Patna Secretariat''', also known as '''Patna Sachivalaya''' or '''Old Secretariat''', is the administrative headquarters of the state [[Government of Bihar]] in [[India]]. It is located in [[Bihar]]'s capital city of [[Patna]]. This building is situated between two iconic buildings of the city, [[Raj Bhavan (Bihar)|Raj Bhavan]] in the west and [[Patna High Court]] in the far east.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://patnapedia.com/index.php?env=-in-link/links/link_detail:m325-1-1-2-s-:l-10369-3-10-- |title=Sachivalaya |publisher=PatnaPedia |date=2012-10-08 |access-date=2014-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224002927/http://patnapedia.com/index.php?env=-in-link%2Flinks%2Flink_detail%3Am325-1-1-2-s-%3Al-10369-3-10-- |archive-date=24 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Location, architecture and design==
Patna Secretariat is a mighty Victorian construction located to the east of the Raj Bhavan in Patna.<ref>{{cite web |author=Piyush Kumar Tripathi |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131023/jsp/bihar/story_17481350.jsp#.UwJTE4GDkTA |title=Speed corridors on track |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2013-10-23 |access-date=2014-02-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210118/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131023/jsp/bihar/story_17481350.jsp#.UwJTE4GDkTA |archive-date=29 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Built by the British in the Indo-Sarcenic style, it was completed in 1917.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Patna-Secretariat-44982.htm |title=Patna Secretariat in Patna India |publisher=India9.com |date=2005-06-07 |access-date=2014-02-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222032420/http://www.india9.com/i9show/Patna-Secretariat-44982.htm |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It is 716 feet long 364 feet wide and remains one of the largest government buildings of the City. A huge clock tower stands tall amidst the beautiful and green lawn of the place.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hindustan times – Sun 29 Aug 2010 |url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/airport-authority-india-downsize-patna-20100829.html |title=Airport Authority of India to downsize Patna 'Clock Tower' - Yahoo News India |publisher=In.news.yahoo.com |date=2010-08-29 |access-date=2014-02-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302015957/http://in.news.yahoo.com/airport-authority-india-downsize-patna-20100829.html |archive-date=2 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Originally, it was 198 feet high, but a part of it fell down during the [[1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake]]. Currently, its height is 184 feet from the ground. A four-foot gap left between the concrete ceiling and the outer covering of tiles from Raniganj ensures a reasonable temperature in the interiors during the hot season.<ref>{{cite web|author=Abhay Singh, TNN & Agencies |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-14/patna/32234267_1_roofs-clock-tower-mansard |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140217183242/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-14/patna/32234267_1_roofs-clock-tower-mansard |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-17 |title=Majestic seat of real power |date=2012-06-14 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2014-02-17}}</ref>

The campus has lawns and other remarkable things, such as bronze statue of the first [[Chief Minister of Bihar]], Bihar Kesari [[Srikrishna Sinha]] to the west of Lawn and the [[Martyr's Memorial Patna|Martyr's memorial]] to commemorate the sacrifice of seven students during 1942 [[Quit India Movement|August Kranti movement]].

Patna Secretariat Building is one of the remarkable buildings of the city of Patna, known for its architectural splendor. It was designed by the famous architect of [[Sydney]], Joseph Munnings and built by [[Martin Burn]] of [[Calcutta]] during 1913–17.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://patna.bih.nic.in/District/landmarks.htm |title=Landmarks |publisher=Patna.bih.nic.in |date=1912-03-22 |access-date=2014-02-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114010746/http://patna.bih.nic.in/District/landmarks.htm |archive-date=14 November 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It stands distinct from any other historical building of the city by its tall clock tower. Today, this is the Secretariat of [[Bihar]] State Government. It is a bustling center with all types of government activities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/news/8840-cm-inaugurates-work-on-500-panchayat-bhawans.html |title=CM Inaugurates Work on 500 Panchayat Bhawans |publisher=PatnaDaily.Com |date=2014-02-13 |access-date=2014-02-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224022243/http://www.patnadaily.com/index.php/news/8840-cm-inaugurates-work-on-500-panchayat-bhawans.html |archive-date=24 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> All the important government departments, such as Home, Finance, General Administration, Cabinet Secretariat etc. are situated here so do the office of the ministers and the bureaucrats.

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