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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Historic building in Kota, India}}<br />
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[[Image: Umed Bhawan Palace - façade.jpg |thumb|250px|right| The front of the Umed Bhawan Palace ]]<br />
[[Image: Umed Bhawan Palace cour interieure.jpg |thumb|250px|right| The large courtyard of the Umed Bhawan Palace ]]<br />
[[Image: Umed Bhawan Palace - cour intérieure 2.jpg |thumb|250px|right| A smaller courtyard in the Umed Bhawan Palace ]]<br />
[[Image: Semnopithecus dussumieri.jpg |thumb|250px|right| [[Southern plains gray langur|Langurs]] are frequent visitors to the palace ]]<br />
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The '''Umed Bhawan Palace''' in the outskirts of [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], [[Rajasthan]] is a former residence of the [[Maharaja]] of [[Kota State|Kota]]. Nowadays, the palace is partly converted into a heritage hotel. The palace is surrounded by a large park.<br />
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==History==<br />
At the start of the twentieth century, Maharao [[Umed Singh II]] (1889-1940) commissioned the construction of a new palace as alternative for the fortified Kota city palace in Kota, which dated from the 17th century.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/u/019pho000430s40u00032000.html |title=Umaid Bhawan, [Kota] 4304032 |website=www.bl.uk |language=en |access-date=23 April 2023 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423152003/https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/u/019pho000430s40u00032000.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1"> {{cite book |last1=Martinelli |first1=Antonio |last2=Michell |first2=George |year=2004 |title=Palaces of Rajasthan |publisher=Frances Lincoln |location=London |language=en |pages=269 |isbn=0-7112-2505-2}} </ref> He engaged as architect the British engineer [[Samuel Swinton Jacob]] who was based in [[Jaipur]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1905, the maharaja moved to his new palace.<ref name=":1" /> The complex was named after its commissioner.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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Samuel Swinton Jacob designed the palace in an [[Indo-Saracenic architecture|Indo-Saracenic]] style.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> Although, the palace is European in conception, its exterior is decorated with [[Rajput architecture|Rajput]] and [[Mughal architecture|Mughal]] details such as verandas and porches, arches, minarets and towers topped with [[Chhatri|chhatris]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> The exterior primarily consists of pink sandstone intertwined with white Khimach stones and Italian marble.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> The complex is arranged around various courtyards.<ref name=":2" /> The larger one leading to the main state rooms of the palace.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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In 1930, the architect George Devon was engaged to expand the palace to provide accommodation for the future maharadja [[Bhim Singh II]] (1909 – 1991) and his bride.<ref name=":3"> {{cite web |url=https://www.hotelsrajasthan.net/kotahotels/umedbhawanpalace.html |title= Umed Bhawan Palace |website= www.hotelsrajasthan.net |language=en | access-date=23 April 2023}} </ref> The architect took great care to blend the new parts with the old parts designed by Samuel Jacob.<ref name=":3" /> This part of the palace is still used by the royal family of Kota.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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After the independence of India, the palace has been sold.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heritagehotelsofindia.com/rajasthan/umed-bhawan-palace.html |title= Umed Bhawan at Heritagehotelsofindia.com |website= www.heritagehotelsofindia.com |language=en | access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> Part of the palace is now operated as a hotel.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Literature==<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Martinelli |first1=Antonio |last2=Michell |first2=George |year=2004 |title=Palaces of Rajasthan |publisher=Frances Lincoln |location=London |language=en |pages=269 |isbn=0-7112-2505-2}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Heritage hotels in India]]<br />
[[Category:Palaces in Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Rajput architecture]]<br />
[[Category:Royal residences in India]]<br />
[[Category:Samuel Swinton Jacob buildings]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]</div>CoralRaphael599