KathGola Bagan Bari (Indian Heritage) .

This is an amazing place with a great collection of valuable historical articles. This was built by four jain brothers who were business man. The property is under private ownership. Entry cost is rupees 30 per head.Eating non veg food in the premises is strictly prohibited. The area contains a zoo also. The palace museum has many interesting objects on display. Many flims and serials were shot here like the recent bengali film EK JE CHILO RAJA. There is a jain temple inside the premises. A great place to visit and highly recommended if you visit murshidabad

ufffcnnSign innnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnufffcnnOPEN APPnnHOMELATESTTRENDINGMY READSBudget 2021Coronavirus Vaccine TrackerLong Reads2021: The Great ResetPlain FactsPrimerMarket DashboardPivot Or PerishMoney With Monika, Season 3Mint Money ConversationUS Presidential Election 2020PodcastsnnHome >Mint-lounge >Business-of-life >Kolkata to Murshidabad: Treason, silk and sweetsnnufffcThe Kathgola Bagan Bari. Photo: Anjana BasunnKolkata to Murshidabad: Treason, silk and sweetsnn2 min read . Updated: 16 Mar 2018, 06:20 AM ISTAnjana BasunnTake a trip back to a politically charged time in MurshidabadnnBetween a tangle of briars, a path leads past the marble lion statues to an ornate palace hidden deep in the grounds. The Kathgola Bagan Bari, an 18th century palace, is owned by a Jain businessman’s family, the Dugars. They had the living quarters renovated by a French architect in the late 19th century and added the Victorian lions and Michelangelo statues.nnThis was one of the sights—of palaces and garden houses—that drew me to Murshidabad on a weekend trip from Kolkata.nnMurshidabad gets its name from Murshid Quli Khan, Aurangzeb’s governor. Only 40km away is Plassey, where Robert Clive, commander-in-chief of the British Indian Army, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, the last nawab of Bengal.nnOne way to explore the city is to strike a deal with a tongawala or a cycle-rickshaw driver so you can explore the city over two days at leisure.nnADVERTISEMENTnnufffcnnSCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENTnnSouth of the Kathgola Bagan Bari lies the majestic Hazarduari Palace, overlooking the waters of the Lal Dighi (red pool). It was nawab Nazim Humayun Jah who built this palace with nearly 1,000 doors in the 19th century. It has a 96-branch silver chandelier sent by Queen Victoria to nawab Nazim Humayun Jah as a present; a silver dressing table used by Siraj-ud-Daulah’s mother, and a Burma jade dinner set that changes colour at the touch of poison.nnNearby is the horseshoe Pearl Lake, or Moti Jheel, framed picturesquely by the ruins of Ghasiti Begum’s garden house. She was the daughter of the 18th century nawab Alivardi Khan. It is rumoured that a wealth of pearls still awaits the lucky diver.

A beautiful heritage garden house. In Historical Murshidabad.

Very nice place to spend some time