Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

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Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake [1]

In 1930, the ruler of the then princely state of Tripura commissioned the British company Martin and Burns to construct a summer resort for him. The Maharaja got his palace nine years later: in the middle of a lake. It was aptly called Neermahal

Publication Date:

14/11/2007

Author(s): B Bhattacharya [2]

Source: Down to Earth [3]

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