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Usha Kiran Palace is a heritage hotel, adjacent to
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Usha Kiran Palace is a heritage hotel, adjacent to Jai Vilas Mahal
The Jai Vilas Mahal, also known as the Jai Vilas Palace, is a nineteenth century palace in Gwalior, India. It was built in 1874 by Jayajirao Scindia, the Maharaja of Gwalior in the British Raj. While the major part of the palace is now the "Jiw ...
on a 9-acre land in Gwalior
Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...
built by the royal Scindia
The Scindia dynasty (anglicized from Shinde) is a Hindu Maratha dynasty of maratha origin that ruled the erstwhile State of Gwalior. It had the Patil-ship of Kumberkerrab in Wai. It was founded by Ranoji Scindia, who started as a personal serva ...
dynasty of the Maratha
The Marathi people ( Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as ...
s. The management of the five-star hotel is done by Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
Taj Hotels is a chain of luxury hotels and a subsidiary of the Indian Hotels Company Limited, headquartered in Mumbai, India. Incorporated by Jamsetji Tata in 1902, the company is a part of the Tata Group, one of India's largest business conglom ...
. The hotel makes use of solar power
Solar power is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Photovoltaic cells convert light into an electric current using the photovolta ...
energy produced at Kadodiya Solar Park, which has been built by Vivaan Solar.
History
It was built in 1902 as a guest residence for thePrince of Wales
Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers ...
who was visiting. It later became the guest house of Jivajirao Scindia Quote: "Maharaja's former guesthouse" where he brought Vijayaraje Scindia after the marriage.
Subsequently moving from Mumbai to Gwalior, Priyadarshini Raje Scindia
Priyadarshini Raje Scindia ( née Gaekwad; born 16 February 1975) is married to the Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Biography
Scindia was born in 1975. Her father, ''Kumar'' Sangramsinh Gaekwad, was the eighth child and thir ...
, the wife of Jyotiraditya Scindia, transformed the Palace into a hotel. The Palace has preserved its tradition with the usage of rosewood elevator from 1930 and two-blade ceiling fans.{{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"
See also
*Jai Vilas Mahal
The Jai Vilas Mahal, also known as the Jai Vilas Palace, is a nineteenth century palace in Gwalior, India. It was built in 1874 by Jayajirao Scindia, the Maharaja of Gwalior in the British Raj. While the major part of the palace is now the "Jiw ...
External links
Official Website
References