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During my last trip to South Punjab, I finally had a chance to visit the famous Noor Mahal in Bahawalpur and decided to a do a series on it. There are 5 episodes showing the various sections of this fascinating palace built in 1872:
The Noor Mahal (Urdu: نور محل)is a palace built in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. It was built in 1872 like an Italian chateau on neoclassical lines, at a time when modernism had set in.
There are various stories regarding its construction. According to one belief, Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan IV had the palace made for his wife. However, she was there for one night, only as she happened to see the adjoining graveyard from her balcony, and refused to spend another night there and so it remained unused during his reign.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Mahal
