Umaid Bhawan Museum, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Rajasthan Tour Dairies Day 2 contd.... Umaid Bhawan Museum A palace that was built to ensure that the people are getting engaged and get paid during famine time by the King Maharaj Umaid Singh. As a Polo player visiting London he knew to get the best man to design His palace and got Architect Leichester who had designed Westminister Abbey. When asked about how big he wanted the palace to begin was supposed to have replied as big it can be today its split into Kings private residence, a small portion as museum which has the wooden model prepared by the architect for approval and major portion as the hotel. The palace has more than 300 plus rooms and in those days they had engaged 2 servants whose only job was to key the wall clocks in each of these rooms Umaid Bhawan Palace , located in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, is one of the world's largest private residences. A part of the palace is managed by Taj Hotels. It is named after Maharaja Umaid Singh, grandfather of the present