Malcha Mahal
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Malcha Mahal is hunting lodge built by 14th-century Sultan of Delhi, Feroz Shah Tughlaq in Chanakyapuri area in Delhi ridge. It was renamed Wilayat Mahal, after Begum Wilayat Mahal of Awadh, who was given the palace by Government of India in May 1985. However, Begum committed suicide by consuming posion here on December 10, 1993 at the age of 62. The building is not mostly in ruins, though still inhabited by her son Sakina Mahal, and son Prince Ali Raza. [1][2][3][4][5]
History
Feroz Shah Tughlaq built four hunting lodges in Delhi, during his reign, this include Malcha Mahal also known as Malcha Bistdari, Kushak Mahal (now within Nehru Memorial Museum & Library campus), Bhul Bhatiyari ka Mahal in Central Delhi and Pir Ghalib near Delhi University.[6]
The lodge was situated on the Southern ridge, and like the rest of his lodges, here too Tughlaq has built a water embankment or bund for water storage.[7][8]
Malcha was one of the historical villages around Raisina Hill, which along with Raisina, Todapur, Aliganj, Pillanji, Jaisinghpura, and Kushak villages were moved by the British during the construction of capital New Delhi in 1920s, espcially Rastrapati Bhawan (President's House). Today, the area comes under the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri, which still has a Malcha Marg (Malcha Road). Villagers of Malcha shifted to Harsana Malcha near Sonipat in neighbouring Haryana state. [9]
It an historical monument which was built by the peoples of Malcha in 1600 AD. It was built in 11 acres of land and initially was a community house for people living in the village of Malcha (New Delhi). It is now in an upmarket area near Rastrapati Bhawan but when it was built it was not a posh area.[citation needed]
When the capital of india was shifted from Calcutta to New Delhi it was acquired by the government under the Land and acquisition act, 1894. Those who refused to give up their land lost their lives, and those who gave it up were kicked out of New Delhi and had to live a life of misery and poverty in the village of Harsana Patti Malcha in Sonipat (a city in Haryana (India))[citation needed]
After the acquisition the Malcha Mahal was given to a king and queen of Awadh dynasty and renamed Wilayat Mahal.
References
- ^ "In palace of darkness, a princess prepares a poisoned death". June 10 1997. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Heritage : In isolation at Malcha Mahal". The Hindu. June 20, 2005. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ^ Elizabeth Bumiller (The Washington Post) (December 12, 1986). "This Royal Family's Palace Is No Taj Mahal: Lizards and Bats Overrun Decrepit 600-Year-Old Monument in New Delhi". LA Times. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ^ Barry Bearak (November 20, 1998). "New Delhi Journal; Bats in a Dreary Lodge Where Life Imitates Poe". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ^ "Royal siblings reflect struggle of India's modern aristocrats". USA TODAY. 6/5/2004. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Upinder Singh (1 August 2007). Delhi: Ancient History. Berghahn Books. pp. 22–. ISBN 978-81-87358-29-9.
- ^ Piyoosh Rautela (1 January 2000). Water Resources in the Himalayas: Harvesting, Tradition, and Change. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-81-7022-804-2.
- ^ Y. D. Sharma (1974). Delhi and Its Neighbourhood. Director General, Archaeological Survey of India. p. 96.
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"From rocks & ridge rose a New Delhi". Hindustan Times. January 05, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
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Bibliography
- Abha Rani (1991). Tughluq Architecture of Delhi. Bharati Prakashan.
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