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{{Short description|Heritage hotel in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox hotel
| name = Usha Kiran Palace
| image = Usha Kiran Palace Hotel near Jaivilas Palace Gwalior - panoramio.jpg
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| caption = Taj Usha Kiran Palace Hotel
| location = Jayendraganj, [[Gwalior#Lashkar|Lashkar]], [[Gwalior]]
| coordinates = {{coord|26.204|78.166|display=title,inline}}
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| number_of_restaurants = 1
| number_of_rooms = 30
| number_of_suites = 8
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| website = [https://www.tajhotels.com/en-in/taj/taj-usha-kiran-palace-gwalior/ Usha Kiran Palace]
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[[File:Antique elevator, Taj Usha Kiran Palace, Gwalior.jpg|thumb|Antique Marryat & Scott elevator, Taj Usha Kiran Palace, Gwalior]]
'''Usha Kiran Palace''' is a heritage hotel, adjacent to [[Jai Vilas Mahal]] on a 9-acre land in [[Gwalior]] built by the royal [[Scindia]] dynasty of the [[Maratha]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Get welcomed in true Gwalior tradition. |url=https://www.tajhotels.com/Leisure/Usha%20Kiran%20Palace,GWALIOR/default.htm |publisher=Taj Hotels |accessdate=6 September 2013 |archive-date=1 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901205233/http://www.tajhotels.com/leisure/usha%20kiran%20Palace,gwalior/default.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The management of the five-star hotel is done by [[Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gwalior: Palaces, fort and a lot of history |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/travel/Gwalior-Palaces-fort-and-a-lot-of-history/articleshow/25756597.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref> The hotel makes use of [[solar power]] energy <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.unglobalcompact.org/system/attachments/cop_2014/128431/original/IHCL_Corporate_Sustainability_Report_2013-14.pdf?1418387534 |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 April 2016 |archive-date=1 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401065902/https://www.unglobalcompact.org/system/attachments/cop_2014/128431/original/IHCL_Corporate_Sustainability_Report_2013-14.pdf?1418387534 |url-status=dead }}</ref> produced at Kadodiya Solar Park, which has been built by Vivaan Solar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.patrika.com/211102/Patrika-Gwalior/09-01-2014#page/2/2|title=Hindi ePaper, EPaper Download, Online Epaper, Newspaper in Hindi, Today Newspaper : Patrika|access-date=28 April 2016|archive-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927111743/http://epaper.patrika.com/211102/Patrika-Gwalior/09-01-2014#page/2/2|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
It was built in 1902 as a guest residence for the [[Prince of Wales]] who was visiting. It later became the guest house of [[George Jivajirao Scindia|Jivajirao Scindia]]<ref name="usha kiran palace">{{cite book|publisher=Trade & Travel Publications|title=South Asian Handbook|year=2010|page=298|isbn=9788124115251|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJwiBvRxHZEC}} Quote: "Maharaja's former guesthouse"</ref> where he brought [[Vijayaraje Scindia]] after the marriage.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|title=Power Profiles|year=2010|page=250|isbn=9788124115251|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJwiBvRxHZEC}} Quote: "Usha Kiran Palace as Bride."</ref>

Subsequently moving from Mumbai to Gwalior, Priyadarshini Raje Scindia, the wife of Jyotiraditya Scindia, transformed the Palace into a hotel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Following Madhya Pradesh's palace trail |url=http://www.cntraveller.in/content/following-madhya-pradeshs-palace-trail?page=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130906164617/http://www.cntraveller.in/content/following-madhya-pradeshs-palace-trail?page=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2013 |publisher=CN Traveller |accessdate=6 September 2013 }}</ref> The Palace has preserved its tradition with the usage of rosewood elevator from 1930 and two-blade ceiling fans.<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Hunter Publishing|title=A Guide to the Palace Hotels of India|date=6 February 2011|page=162|isbn=9781588439703|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U66zJaDjumwC}} Quote: "Flanked by Twin Towers"</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Jai Vilas Mahal]]

==External links==
* [https://www.tajhotels.com/en-in/taj/taj-usha-kiran-palace-gwalior/ Official Website]

==References==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Gwalior]]
[[Category:Palaces in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Royal residences in India]]
[[Category:Heritage hotels in India]]
[[Category:Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Gwalior]]
[[Category:Hotels in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Maratha architecture]]

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