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[[File:AMIR MAHAL - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|Entrance of the Amir Mahal]]<br />
'''Amir Mahal''' is the official residence of the titular [[Nawab of Arcot]] and his family. Situated in [[Royapettah]], a suburb in the present [[Chennai]] India, it was constructed in [[Indo-Saracenic]] style in 1798, the Amir Mahal has been the residence of the family since 1876. The Prince of Arcot, Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali, lives in the palace with his family.<ref>{{cite news|first=Neha|last= Damani|title=Market value|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Market+value/1/24736.html|access-date=25 June 2012|newspaper=India Today|date=9 January 2009}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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The Amir Mahal was constructed in 1798 by the [[British East India Company]] to house administrative offices of the company.<ref name="muthiahp168">{{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| author-link=S. Muthiah| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|page=168}}</ref> When the Carnatic kingdom was annexed by the Company in 1855 as per the [[Doctrine of Lapse]], the [[Chepauk Palace]], the official residence of the Nawabs, was auctioned off and purchased by the Madras government.<ref name="muthiahp168" /> The Nawab moved to a building called Shadi Mahal on Triplicane High Road and lived there.<ref name="muthiahp168" /> However, the British felt that the Shadi Mahal was "not a place fit for the residence of the Prince of Arcot" and granted him the Amir Mahal in [[Royapettah]].<ref name="imperialp200">{{cite book|title= Imperial conversations: Indo-Britons and the architecture of South India|page=200|first=Shanti|last=Jayewardene-Pillai|publisher=Yoda Press|year=2007|isbn=8190363425}}</ref> Robert Chrisholm was given the task of converting the office building into a palace.<ref name="imperialp200" /> In 1876, the Nawab moved in with his family into the Amir Mahal.<ref name="muthiahp168" /> The mahal has since been the residence of the Nawabs of Arcot.<ref name="muthiahp168" /><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Architecture of Chennai]]<br />
* [[Heritage structures in Chennai]]<br />
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[[Category:Royal residences in India]]<br />
[[Category:Palaces in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Houses completed in 1798]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:Heritage sites in Chennai]]<br />
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