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| inner courtyard, Bhor palace, Bhor, Maharashtra. theuntourists.com |
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| Bhor palace, MH, fine wooden images, etc in the pillar brackets.theuntourists.com |
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Bhor State was one of the 9-gun salute Maratha princely states of British India. It was the only state belonging to the Poona Agency under the Bombay Presidency, which became later part of the Deccan States Agency. Along with Akkalkot State, Aundh State, Phaltan State and Jath State, it was one of the Satara Jagirs. It became part of the Indian union in March, 1948 after independence.
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1909 Imperial Gazetteer of India Bombay Presidencymap section en.wikipedia.org,
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Bhor Rajwada also known as Bhor Palace is a historical palace at Bhor in the Maharashtra state of India. An official royal residence of the Rajas of the Princely State of Bhor, it was founded by
Shangarji Narayan Gandekar (Desashta Rigvedi Marathi Brahmin), pantsachiv one of the hereditary ministers appointed by
Chatrapati Rajaram (in 1697). This amazing palace was built blending native Indian and European Renaissance Architectural styles. Gothic influence is well pronounced. Its builder was ruler Chimnajirao, the ninth ruler of Bhor ( the third ruler happened to be the 2nd son of renowned first ruler
Chhatrapati Shivaji). It is said the then construction cost was around INR 2 lakh in 1869, a big sum in that period. During the colonial rule, Bhor State was one of the
9-gun salute Maratha princely states of British India as stated earlier, apparently taken over by the wily British invoking the
Doctrine of Lapse and was part of the Deccan States Agency. The town Bhor is about 51 km from the Pune Metro. Located in the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats, this small Maratha state covered an area of 2,396 square kilometers and was one of the Satara Jagirs.
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Bhor palace, Bhor, Maharashtra, details on pillar baseuntourists.com
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Inside one of the rooms, Bhor palace. grille/mesh on the window, untourists.com
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The last palace, now known as
Old Palace or the Wooden Palace, was turned into ashes in 1869 due to an unexpected fire mishap during the Ram Navami festival. Undeterred, Raja Chimnaji Raghunathrao had a new, spacious and strong palace rebuilt on the site of the Old Palace. Cloe to the Bhatgar Dam, the Rajwada of Bhor is a simple, but beautiful palace with large imposing pillars in its courtyard. There are inner and outer courtyards; square in shape, the rooms in the inner courtyard align uniformly in square plan and it is assumed, it is the living quarters of the royal family. On the other hand, the outer larger courtyard area was mainly used for darbars - meeting the common citizens by the ruler along with his ministers. The ruler would get to know the grievances of the common people, their social issues, lack of public amenities, pitfalls in his administration administration and other problems that needed the attention of his administration. There are old offices around the palace and presently some government departments function there. Near-by are located a bathing ghat on the river bank and a few old Hindu temples. The wada was studied in 1930's by Prof. Claude Batley,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhor_Rajwadaipal of Sir J. J.
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