India, July 11 -- The palace was designed by Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob in 1898, a British army officer and a prominent architect who has designed several Indian buildings like Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur and Daly College, Indore and the like. It is often assumed that Lallgarh Palace has been named so because of the red sandstone that was employed in its making, however, this is incorrect. Lallgarh Place was named by Maharaja Ganga Singhji in the memory of his father Maharaj Lall Singhji.
There are four separate wings here, each with its own distinctive characteristics. The first building was the south wing (Laxmi Niwas) which was constructed in 1902. The second wing, the west wing (Sadul Niwas) was constructed in 1912. The north wing (Karni ...