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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Gulab Bagh is an old Sub-City Level Park, having lush green campus and several places of attraction including ponds, library, zoological park, temples and several government offices. It houses 12 | Gulab Bagh is an old Sub-City Level Park, having lush green campus and several places of attraction including ponds, library, zoological park, temples and several government offices. It houses 12 Bovri's, 5 tubewells, 1 large pond (Kamal Talai – under rejuvenation), 1 zoological park, couple of temples – Arya Samaj, Hanuman, Dargah etc. and a range of Government offices like 2 forest offices, 2 PHED offices, 1 PWD office, 1 library etc. | ||
The park has 4 entrance gates, which are designed artistically as old masonry structure. Out of 4, only 2 gates are open for general public. There is appropriate parking facility is available at 2 operational entry gates, and it can currently accommodate 350 two wheelers and 50 car parking inside the park. The entire park is surrounded by a boundary wall, 3–5 m in height and made of mix of concrete, stone and brick.<ref name="GulabBagh-SmartCity" /> | The park has 4 entrance gates, which are designed artistically as old masonry structure. Out of 4, only 2 gates are open for general public. There is appropriate parking facility is available at 2 operational entry gates, and it can currently accommodate 350 two wheelers and 50 car parking inside the park. The entire park is surrounded by a boundary wall, 3–5 m in height and made of mix of concrete, stone and brick.<ref name="GulabBagh-SmartCity" /> | ||
[[File:GulabBagh.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A picture showing a fountain inside Gulab Bagh.]] | [[File:GulabBagh.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A picture showing a fountain inside Gulab Bagh.]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Gulab Bagh, also known as Sajjan Niwas Garden, was built by Maharana fateh Singh in the 1887. It is the fourth oldest zoo in the semi-continent. It spans across 66 acres of land,<ref name="GulabBagh-SmartCity" /> and is hailed as one of the most beautiful and largest garden in Rajasthan.<ref name="Freepressjournal">{{cite web|title=Best Botanical gardens in India to visit during spring|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/best-botanical-gardens-to-visit-during-spring-in-india/779347|website=freepressjournal.in|publisher=Indian National Press (Bombay) Private Limited|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref> By Maharana's volition, a horticulturist from Madras, T.H. Story, was appointed in 1882 to stock the garden with plants with medicinal values on the 66.5 acres of land and worked there till 1920. | Gulab Bagh, also known as Sajjan Niwas Garden, was built by Maharana fateh Singh in the 1887. It is the fourth oldest zoo in the semi-continent. It spans across 66 acres of land,<ref name="GulabBagh-SmartCity" /> and is hailed as one of the most beautiful and largest garden in Rajasthan.<ref name="Freepressjournal">{{cite web|title=Best Botanical gardens in India to visit during spring|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/best-botanical-gardens-to-visit-during-spring-in-india/779347|website=freepressjournal.in|publisher=Indian National Press (Bombay) Private Limited|access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref> By Maharana's volition, a horticulturist from Madras, T.H. Story, was appointed in 1882 to stock the garden with plants with medicinal values on the 66.5 acres of land and worked there till 1920. | ||
The garden consisted of a Lotus Pond, and many prominent trees that included many species of mangoes, guava, grapes, lemon, bor, mulberry, rayan, pomegranate, bananas, sapota, tamarind, | The garden consisted of a Lotus Pond, and many prominent trees that included many species of mangoes, guava, grapes, lemon, bor, mulberry, rayan, pomegranate, bananas, sapota, tamarind, bullock's heart (ramphal), lichi, arjun trees, wood apple, karonda, campher, citron, jamun, pummelo, meetha neem, kargi lime, ficus species, anola, jack fruit, dhanverjia, grandi flora, jasmin, dawood etc. | ||
In the year 1882, all the trees had their name-plates denoting Hindi, English, and systematic botanical names, which are not the same now. | In the year 1882, all the trees had their name-plates denoting Hindi, English, and systematic botanical names, which are not the same now. | ||
A small pond existed in the garden before it was demolished for the construction of Water works complex. In this pond a water lily, [[Victoria (plant)|Victoria]] sp., was initially planted. The leaf of ''Victoria'' could withstand a child on a chair kept on it, a property common to all the water-lilies of the genus due to plant's structure. | A small pond existed in the garden before it was demolished for the construction of Water works complex. In this pond a water lily, [[Victoria (plant)|Victoria]] sp., was initially planted. The leaf of ''Victoria'' could withstand a child on a chair kept on it, a property common to all the water-lilies of the genus due to plant's structure. | ||