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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Government building in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox building<br />
|name = Lok Bhavan, Nainital<br />
|image = Governor’s House, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India.jpg<br />
|caption = Lok Bhavan, Nainital<br />
|building_type = Summer residence<br />
|coordinates = {{Coord|29.374|79.457|display=title,inline}}<br />
|construction_start_date = <br />
|completion_date = 1897<br />
|number_of_rooms = 113<br />
|elevator_count = <br />
|current_tenants = Gurmit Singh<br />
|floor_area = 205 acre<br />
|architect = Stevens<br />
|engineer = F. O. W. Ortel<br />
|main_contractor = <br />
|developer = <br />
|owner = [[Government of Uttarakhand]]<br />
|operator = <br />
|references = [http://www.governoruk.gov.in/ Website] <br> [http://www.governoruk.gov.in/pages/show/76-rajbhawan-nainital Rajbhavan Nainital]<br />
}} <br />
[[File:Governor-House-Nainital-Golf-Course-Maneesh-Bisht.jpg|thumb|left|The Golf Course]]<br />
The '''Lok Bhavan''' (formerly '''Raj Bhavan''') or '''Governor's House''' of [[Uttarakhand]] is located in [[Nainital]]. It is the summer retreat of the [[governor of Uttarakhand]]. In the [[British Raj|pre-Independence era]], Nainital served as the summer capital of [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]] and this building, built like a Scottish castle, was christened as the "Government House". Raj Bhavan was built by the British as the residence of the governor of the [[North-Western Provinces]].<ref name="rajc">{{cite web|url =https://nainital.nic.in/tourist-place/governors-house-raj-bhavan/|title = Governor’s House (Raj Bhavan)| accessdate = 15 February 2015| publisher = Nainital.nic.in}}</ref> The beginning of construction of Raj Bhavan started in April 1897 and took two years to complete. It is built on European pattern and based on [[Gothic architecture]]. The designers of Raj Bhavan at Nainital were Architect Stevens and the Executive Engineer F. O. W. Ortel. After independence it was renamed as Raj Bhavan.<ref name="rajc" /> <br />
[[File:Governor_House,_Nainital,_Uttarakhand,_India.jpg|thumb|Governor House, [[Nainital]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]], it is the summer retreat of the [[Governor of Uttarakhand]].]]<br />
The Raj Bhavan estate is spread over 220 acre of area with a golf course in 45 acre of land. The golf course of Raj Bhavan, built in 1936, is one of the vintage golf courses in India, and is affiliated to the Indian Golf Union. In the post-independence period, [[Sarojini Naidu]], the first governor of [[Uttar Pradesh]], was the first occupant of this historic monument.<ref name=rajb>{{cite web|url =http://www.governoruk.gov.in/pages/display/62|title = An Introduction| accessdate = 15 February 2015| publisher = governoruk.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Raj Bhavan, Dehradun]]<br />
* [[Government Houses of the British Empire and Commonwealth#British Indian Empire|Government Houses of the British Indian Empire]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://governoruk.gov.in/ Official website of Raj Bhavan, Uttarakhand]<br />
* [http://www.governoruk.gov.in/pages/show/76-rajbhawan-nainital Rajbhavan Nainital]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061027143752/http://www.sarkaritel.com/states/governors_state.htm Lt. Governor's and Governor's of States & Union Territories (India)]<br />
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