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== History == | == History == | ||
The palace was | The construction of the palace was initially started in 1910 by Maharaja [[Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir|Pratap Singh]] as a summer residence, but it was under his successor, Maharaja [[Hari Singh]]'s initiative that the major impetus to the construction of the palace was given.<ref name="India Today - 25Aug2011 - One hundred years of splendour">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/one-hundred-years-of-splendour/1/149122.html|title=One hundred years of splendour|last=Saxton|first=Aditi|date=25 August 2011|work=[[India Today]]|accessdate=24 November 2011}}</ref> The Gulab Bhavan was built under the guidance of Sh. Janki Nath Madan, Royal Engineer in the Court of Maharaja Hari Singh, who had received his engineering degree from Kings College, London, UK in 1934, with a tri pass (honours) in maths and physics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Lalit Grand Palace Srinagar - Srinagar|url=http://wikimapia.org/3634287/The-Lalit-Grand-Palace-Srinagar|access-date=2020-07-22|website=wikimapia.org|language=en}}</ref> | ||
After Indian independence Maharaja [[Hari Singh]] moved to [[Mumbai]] and the palace was converted into "The Grand Palace" hotel in 1956. [[Bharat Hotels]] took over the hotel in 1998. They restored the palace and extended it. In 2008, the hotel was rebranded to LaLiT Grand Palace Srinagar, of The LaLiT Hotels, Palaces and Resorts. | After Indian independence Maharaja [[Hari Singh]] moved to [[Mumbai]] and the palace was converted into "The Grand Palace" hotel in 1956. [[Bharat Hotels]] took over the hotel in 1998. They restored the palace and extended it. In 2008, the hotel was rebranded to LaLiT Grand Palace Srinagar, of The LaLiT Hotels, Palaces and Resorts. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||