The Pataudi Palace, also called Ibrahim Kothi, is a

palace A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...

of the former ruling family

Pataudi family The Pataudi family is an Indian people, Indian family of actors and erstwhile nawabs of the former princely states, princely state of Pataudi State, Pataudi, from which they take their name. The first nawab of Pataudi, nawab was Faiz Talab Kha ...

Pataudi Pataudi is a town and one of the 4 sub-divisions of Gurugram district, in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Haryana, within the boundaries of the National Capital Region of India. Ahirs/Yadav dominate the area. It is located f ...

town of

Gurgaon district Gurgaon district, officially known as Gurugram district, is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in northern India. The city of Gurgaon is the administrative headquarters of the district. The population is 1,514,432. It is one of the southern dist ...

(now Gurugram district) in

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

state of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. Passed from the last ruling nawab,

Iftikhar Ali Khan Nawab Mohammad Iftikhar Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi, sometimes I. A. K. Pataudi (16 March 1910 – 5 January 1952), was an Indian prince and cricket player. He was the captain of the India's national cricket team during its tour of England in 19 ...

, to his son, the last recognized titular nawab, Mansoor Ali Khan, the palace is currently held by his son

Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan (; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi films. Part of the Pataudi family, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Khan ma ...

, who is the current patriarch of the Pataudi family. After the high-profile wedding between the nawab of Pataudi and the

begum Begum (also begüm, bagum, begom, begam, baigum or beygum) is a royal and aristocratic title from Central and South Asia. It is the feminine equivalent of the title ''baig'' or '' bey'', which in Turkic languages means "higher official". It us ...

of Bhopal, the nawab felt the old family home was not grand enough to house his new bride in the manner she was accustomed. At the request of

(1910–52), the 8th Nawab of Pataudi, the building was designed in the style of the colonial-era mansions of Imperial

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Robert Tor Russell Robert Tor Russell (1888–1972) was a British architect. In his position as Chief Architect to the Public Works Department of the Government of India, he is primarily associated with the development of the city of New Delhi in the early 1930s. ...

(1888–1972) assisted by the

Karl Malte von Heinz Karl Malte von Heinz (1904-1971) was an Austrian architect who designed a number of buildings in India. Career Heinz came to India as a refugee due to the crackdown on the Bahaus movement in Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National ...

. Many Hindi movies have been shot in the palace. It was repossessed by actor

, son of the last Nawab in 2014 and , the palace remained closed for renovations. The renovation was soon completed and the Pataudi family stays in the palace during winters. Nearby Akbar Manzil, built after 1857 as the official residence of the then Nawab, was later converted into a kachahri (judicial complex), and is now used as a godown (store).Gurugram heritage
, fridaygurgaon.com.

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