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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Large granary in Patna, Bihar, India}}<br />
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| name = Golghar<br />
| native_name= <br />
| former_names = The [[Granary]] at [[Patna]]<br />
| image = File:Golghar ४.jpg<br />
| caption = Golghar<br />
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| architectural_style = [[Stupa]] <br />
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| location = [[Patna]], Bihar, India<br />
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| owner = Bihar<br />
Government<br />
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| completion_date = 20 July 1786<br />
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| height = 29 m<br />
| diameter = 32m-35m (Not sure).<br />
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| architect = Captain John Garstin<br />
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The '''Golghar''' or Gol Ghar (गोलघर), ("Round House") is a large granary located to the west of the [[Gandhi Maidan]] in [[Patna]], [[capital city|capital]] of Bihar [[States and territories of India|state]], India.<br />
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==History==<br />
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According to a contemporary inscription at its base, the Golghar in Patna was intended to be just the first of a series of huge grain stores. In the end, however, no others were ever built. The granary was "part of a general plan … for the perpetual prevention of famine in these provinces"<ref name=morris>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8zD1Ugfq9KwC&q=captain+john+garstin&pg=PA120|title=Stones of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj|last1=Morris|first1=Jan|last2=Winchester|first2=Simon|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780192805966|language=en}}</ref> ordered in 1784 by [[Warren Hastings]], the then [[Governor-General of India]].<br />
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The beehive-shaped structure was designed by Captain John Garstin of the Bengal Engineers, part of the [[Honourable East India Company|East India Company]]'s [[Bengal Army]]. Its construction was completed on 20 July 1786.<br />
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A drive to improve the appearance of the structure was begun in 2002.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021025821/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-02-15/patna/27118152_1_golghar-repair-work-tiwari Development of Golghar as tourist site in limbo] [[The Times of India]], 15 February 2002.</ref><br />
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==Architecture==<br />
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Built in the [[Stupa]] architecture, the building has a height of 29 m. It is pillar-less with a wall of thickness of '''3.6 m''' at the base. One can climb at the top of the Golghar through the 145 steps of its spiral stairway around it. The spiral staircase was designed to facilitate the passage of the workers who loaded and unloaded the grain in the granary, who had to carry grain-bags up one flight, deliver their load through a hole at the top, and descend the other stairs.<br />
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The top of the Golghar presents a wonderful panoramic view of the city and the [[Ganges River|Ganges]].<br />
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Golghar has never been filled to its maximum capacity and there are no plans to do so. Some have claimed that the reason for this is a flaw whereby the doors are designed to open inwards; thus, if it is filled to its maximum capacity, then the doors will not open. However, visitors have found that the doors open outwards.<ref name=morris/> Presently renovation of this historical monument is underway.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}}<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
Golghar was shown in 2019 Hindi film [[India's Most Wanted (film)|India's Most Wanted]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/patna-an-ideal-place-for-film-shoot-says-arjun/articleshow/65999531.cms|title=Patna an ideal place for film shoot, says Arjun}}</ref><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="4"><br />
Image:Golghar, Patna, 1888.jpg|Golghar, Patna, <small>painting of 1888</small><br />
Image:Golghar at Bankipur, near Patna, 1814-15.jpg|[[Gol Ghar]], Patna, <small>a 19th-century painting</small><br />
Image:Painting of the Golghar Granary (Patna style).JPG|[[Gol Ghar]], Patna <small>19th century painting</small><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Sabhyata Dwar]] <br />
* [[Samrat Ashok International Convention Centre]] <br />
* [[Buddha Smriti Park]] <br />
* [[Bihar Museum]] <br />
* [[List of tallest domes]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Patna}}<br />
[[Category:History of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1786]]<br />
[[Category:Granaries]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Patna]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Patna]]<br />
[[Category:Economic history of India]]<br />
[[Category:1786 establishments in India]]</div>>YashChandan5500