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{{Infobox historic site
| name = Chattar Manzil
| native_language = Hindi
| image = Chattar Manzil1.jpg
| image_size = 180px
| caption = Chattar Manzil in 2013
| coordinates = {{Coord|26|51|31.29|N|80|55|56.62|E|scale:1563}}
| location = [[Lucknow]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
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| architect =
| architecture = [[Mughal architecture]]
| locmapin = India
| map_caption = Location in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
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The '''Chattar Manzil''' ({{langx|ur|{{nastaliq|چھتر منزل}}}}, {{langx|hi|छतर मंज़िल}}), or '''Umbrella Palace''' is a building in [[Lucknow]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] which served as a palace for the [[Nawabs of Awadh|rulers of Awadh and their wives]].<ref name="Fire of Grace">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M84TwBhNfCsC&q=Chattar+Manzil&pg=PT46 |title=Lucknow:Fire of Grace |isbn=9788129104854|last1=Misra |first1=Amaresh |year=2004 }}</ref>

[[File:Chattar Manzil.jpg|thumb|Chattar Manzil between 1858 - 1860 ]]

==Construction and architecture==

[[File:Bara Chattar Manzil and Farhat Bakhsh - view from the south - Lucknow in 1862.jpg|thumb|Bara Chattar Manzil (palace on right) and Farhat Bakhsh (left) in Lucknow, viewed from the south (1862) Shepherd & Roberston]]

It was constructed by order of [[Nawab]] [[Ghazi-ud-Din Haider|Ghazi Uddin Haider]] and completed after his death by his successor, Nawab [[Nasiruddin Haider|Nasir Uddin Haider]].<ref name="lucknow1">{{cite web|url=http://www.lucknow.org.uk/tourist-attractions/chattar-manzil.html |title=Chattar Manzil – Chattar Manzil Lucknow – Chattar Manzil in Lucknow India |publisher=Lucknow.org.uk |accessdate=2014-02-12}}</ref><ref name="lucknow2">{{cite web|title=Save Our Heritage : Chattar Manzil, Lucknow|url=https://lucknow.me/save-our-heritage-chattar-manzil-lucknow/|website=lucknow.me|date=21 December 2013 |accessdate=15 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes2007">{{cite web|agency=Times News Network|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Chattar-Manzil-set-to-come-alive/articleshow/2316381.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140212132055/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-08-28/lucknow/27995454_1_building-central-drug-research-institute-monument |url-status=live |archive-date=2014-02-12 |title=Chattar Manzil set to come alive |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2014-02-12}}</ref>

The Chattar Manzil stand on the banks of the [[River Gomti]]. The Chattar Manzil consisted of a ''Bari'' (larger) Chattar Manzil and ''Chhoti'' (smaller) Chattar Manzil, however only the larger one still exists. These two buildings were examples of the Indo-European-Nawabi architectural style, even though the Bari Chattar Manzil has been altered over the years. The palaces were named after the chattris (umbrella-shaped domes) on the octagonal pavilions, which crown the buildings.<ref name="Bl.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/t/019pho000000883u00032000.html |title=The Chattar Manzil Palace from the river, Lucknow |publisher=Bl.uk |date=2003-11-30 |accessdate=2014-02-12}}</ref> The imposing building has large underground rooms and a dome surmounted by a gilt umbrella.<ref name="Fire of Grace"/><ref name="lucknow1"/><ref name="lucknow2"/>

==Usage==



The Palace has gone through many owners including the [[Nawabs of Awadh]] [[Saadat Ali Khan II|Saadat Ali Khan]] and [[Wajid Ali Shah]], and the [[British Raj|British]] and changes since its construction was started in the 1780s.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/chattar-manzil-then-and-now/article5667015.ece |title=Chattar Manzil, then and now |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2014-02-08 |accessdate=2014-02-12}}</ref>

It served as a palace for the rulers of Awadh and their wives. Later during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] the building became a stronghold of the Indian revolutionaries.<ref name="indiatimes2007"/>

A portion of it was destroyed by [[United Kingdom|British]] during the [[war of 1857]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saveourheritage.in/chattar-manzil/ |title=Save Our Heritage : Chattar Manzil, Lucknow | Save Our Heritage |publisher=Saveourheritage.in |date=2013-12-21 |accessdate=2014-02-12}}</ref> After the war of 1857 [[British raj|the government]] had allotted the building to an [[United States|America]]n [[NGO]] which used it as a club for recreation purposes, till 1947, the Chhatar Manzil was used as the [[United Services Club]].<ref name="lucknow1"/><ref name="indiatimes2007"/>

Post Independence, this building was allotted to the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] which used it as [[Central Drug Research Institute]] since 1950,<ref name="lucknow1"/><ref name="indiatimes2007"/> but now it has been vacated by CDRI.<ref name="lucknow2"/>

[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]] plans to set up two museums and a library at the Palace after its renovation and conservation by the State Archaeological Department.<ref name="thehindu"/>

==Popular culture==
From the time of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] it was often photographed by such figures as [[Felice Beato]], [[Samuel Bourne]],<ref name="Bl.uk"/> [[Darogha Ubbas Alli]], and [[Thomas Rust (photographer)|Thomas Rust]].

In December 2013 a two-day Wajid Ali Shah Festival was organized by filmmaker Muzaffar Ali's Rumi Foundation at Chattar Manzil to pay tribute to the Nawab of Oudh.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zia |first=Hassan |url=http://twocircles.net/2013dec23/nawab_wajid_ali_shah_festival_revamps_essence_chattar_manzil.html |title=Nawab Wajid Ali Shah festival revamps essence of Chattar Manzil |publisher=TwoCircles.net |date=2013-12-23 |accessdate=2014-02-12}}</ref>

Hindi film [[Jolly LLB 2]] was shot in Chattar Manzil.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jolly LLB 2: Akshay Kumar lauds UP film policy|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/jolly-llb-2-akshay-kumar-lauds-up-film-policy/story-V9zcdUs391Ouwk0HmdUoII.html|accessdate=15 April 2017|work=Hindustan Times|date=17 August 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Shukla|first=J. D.|title=History of Chattar Manzil|date=1976|publisher=Central Drug Research Institute|location=India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BB5AAAAIAAJ}}
* {{cite news|last=Bayley|first=Stephan|title=All for the love of his wife!|url=http://www.thelucknowtribune.org/news.php?cat=524|accessdate=12 February 2014|newspaper=The Lucknow Tribune|date=12 March 2013|location=Lucknow|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222005836/http://www.thelucknowtribune.org/news.php?cat=524|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Chattar Manzil}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060703051908/http://lucknow.nic.in/hplaces.htm NIC District Unit, Lucknow. ''Historical Places At Lucknow'']. Accessed 2 November 2006.

[[Category:Palaces in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Lucknow]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Lucknow]]

Chattar Manzil - Revision history

NoellaXgt402 at 12:45, 12 December 2025