Ranjit Vilas Palace
Ranjit Vilas Palace may refer to: * Ranjit Vilas Palace (Rajkot), a palace in Rajkot, Gujarat, India * Ranjit Vilas Palace (Ratlam), a palace in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India * Ranjit Vilas Palace (Wankaner) Ranjit Vilas Palace is the principal palace and, until 2012, the residence of the royal family of the princely state of Wankaner in what is now the Indian state of Gujarat. Location The palace is located atop a hill in the Gadhio Hills and ...

Ranjit Vilas Palace (Rajkot)
The Ranjit Vilas Palace is a palace in the city of Rajkot, Gujarat and is the residence of the royal family of the erstwhile Rajkot State. History Ranjit Vilas was built in 1870 by the then Thakor Sahib of Rajkot, Bawajiraj Mehrmansinhji. The construction of the palace was begun as a famine relief measure following the famine of 1847. Before it shifted to the Ranjit Vilas, the royal residence was the Durbargadh Palace which thereafter continued to house offices of the Rajkot State and, after India’s independence, those of the government of Gujarat. Location and architecture The palace is located on Palace Road, Rajkot and its estate covers an area of 225 acres. The palace is built in the Gothic style and has 100 rooms spread over six acres. The palace garage contains a collection of vintage cars of the Rajkot State. A temple dedicated to Ashapura Mata stands on the palace premises. Recent history The palace continues to be the residence of the royal family of Rajkot, ...
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Ranjit Vilas Palace (Ratlam)
Ranjit can refer to: * Ranjit Singh (other) **Ranjit Singh (1780–1839), First Maharaja of the Sikh Empire ** Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur (1776–1805), ruler of the Bharatpur princely state in Rajasthan, India **K. S. Ranjitsinhji (1872–1933), cricketer and Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar ** Ranjit Singh Dyal (1928–2012), Indian Army officer and administrator ** Ranjit Singh Boparan, British Businessman **Ranjit Singh Gujjar (born 1984), Indian sportsperson * Ranjit Chowdhry, actor *Ranjit Mallick, Bengali film actor * Ranjit Hoskote, Indian poet * Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, Governor of Meghalaya, a state in India * Ranjit Studios, former film company * Ranjit Desai, Marathi writer * Ranjit Bolt, British playwright and translator * Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer * Ranjit Naik, architect and social worker * Ranjit Bhatia, Indian athlete * Ranjit Debbarma, current chairman of the All Tripura Tiger Force * Ranjit Kamble, Maharashtra minister * Marshall Manesh, actor ...
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