Bikaner House

Description

Spread over an 8-acre plot in Lutyens' Delhi, The Bikaner House was designed as a residential property for the Maharaja of Bikaner by Charles G Blomfield. The Bikaner House is more like a bungalow than a palace and is built-in Edwardian Neo-Classic style.

Completed, 1930

Less well known is Bikaner House, for which Lutyens did the original drawings were never used for the building.

Converted, 1947

Restoration, 2014

Related People

Ganga Singh, General Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Bikaner from 1888 to 1943. The Bikaner House was built as an official residence for the Maharaja before Independence.

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