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The Chattar Manzil ( ur, , hi, छतर मंज़िल), or Umbrella Palace is a building in 
It was constructed by order of
NIC District Unit, Lucknow. ''Historical Places At Lucknow''
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Lucknow
Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...
in Uttar Pradesh
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which served as a palace for the rulers of Awadh and their wives.
Coordinates:26°85′N 80°93′E
Construction and architecture
It was constructed by order of Nawab
Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب;
bn, নবাব/নওয়াব;
hi, नवाब;
Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ;
Persian,
Punjabi ,
Sindhi,
Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...
Ghazi Uddin Haider and completed after his death by his successor, Nawab Nasir Uddin Haider.
The Chattar Manzil stand on the banks of the River Gomti
The Gomti, Gumti or Gomati River is a tributary of the Ganges. According to beliefs, the river is the son of Rishi Vashistha, Vashishtha and bathing in the Gomti on Ekadashi (the 11th day of the two lunar phases of the Hindu calendar month) can ...
. The Chattar Manzil consisted of a ''Bari'' (larger) Chattar Manzil and ''Chhoti'' (smaller) Chattar Manzil, however only the larger one still exists. These two buildings were examples of the Indo-European-Nawabi architectural style, even though the Bari Chattar Manzil has been altered over the years. The palaces were named after the chattris (umbrella-shaped domes) on the octagonal pavilions, which crown the buildings. The imposing building has large underground rooms and a dome surmounted by a gilt umbrella.
Usage
The Palace has gone through many owners including theNawabs of Awadh
The Nawab of Awadh or the Nawab of Oudh was the title of the rulers who governed the state of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in north India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to a dynasty of Persian origin from Nishap ...
Saadat Ali Khan and Wajid Ali Shah
Mirza Wajid Ali Shah ( ur, ) (30 July 1822 – 1 September 1887) was the eleventh and last King of Awadh, holding the position for 9 years, from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856.
Wajid Ali Shah's first wife was Alam Ara who was better k ...
, and the British
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and changes since its construction was started in the 1780s.
It served as a palace for the rulers of Awadh and their wives. Later during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...
the building became a stronghold of the Indian revolutionaries.
A portion of it was destroyed by British
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during the war of 1857. After the war of 1857 the government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
had allotted the building to an American NGO
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which used it as a club for recreation purposes, till 1947, the Chhatar Manzil was used as the United Services Club.
Post Independence, this building was allotted to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the ...
which used it as Central Drug Research Institute
The Central Drug Research Institute is a multidisciplinary research laboratory in Lucknow, India, employing scientific personnel from various areas of biomedical sciences. Prof. Tapas Kumar Kundu, a molecular biologist, academician and recipien ...
since 1950, but now it has been vacated by CDRI.
Government of Uttar Pradesh
The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttar Pradesh Sarkār; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of I ...
plans to set up two museums and a library at the Palace after its renovation and conservation by the State Archaeological Department.
Popular culture
From the time of theIndian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...
it was often photographed by such figures as Felice Beato
Felice Beato (1832 – 29 January 1909), also known as Felix Beato, was an Italian–British photographer. He was one of the first people to take photographs in East Asia and one of the first war photographers. He is noted for his genre works, ...
, Samuel Bourne, Darogha Ubbas Alli, and Thomas Rust.
In December 2013 a two day Wajid Ali Shah Festival was organized by filmmaker Muzaffar Ali’s Rumi Foundation at Chattar Manzil to pay tribute to the Nawab of Oudh.
Hindi film Jolly LLB 2
''The State vs. Jolly LL.B 2'', better known as ''Jolly LL.B 2'', is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film written and directed by Subhash Kapoor. Akshay Kumar plays the titular character, Jagdishwar Mishra, replacing the 2013 film's ...
was shot in Chattar Manzil.
References
Further reading
* *External links
NIC District Unit, Lucknow. ''Historical Places At Lucknow''
Accessed 2 November 2006. Palaces in Uttar Pradesh Monuments and memorials in Uttar Pradesh Tourist attractions in Lucknow Buildings and structures in Lucknow {{Lucknow-geo-stub