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Aga Khan Palace of Pune dates back to 1892. Aga Khan palace is also known as the Gandhi National Memorial of.
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Aga Khan Palace

Location: Yerwada
Main Attractions: Beautiful architecture and the samadhis of Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai
Timings: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm

Aga Khan Palace, PuneAga Khan Palace is situated in the Yerwada area of Pune. Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III, got the palace constructed in the year 1892. The aim behind the construction of the Aga Khan Palace was to provide employment to the people of the nearby areas, who were hit by famine. Prince Karim El Husseni, Aga Khan IV, donated the palace to India in 1969, in the honor of Gandhiji and his philosophy. Aga Khan Palace is also known as Gandhi National Memorial because of its close association with Mahatma Gandhi.

One of the major attractions of the Aga Khan Palace comprises of the samadhis (memorials) of Kasturba Gandhi (wife of Mahatma Gandhi) and Mahadev Desai (a long time aid of Mahatma Gandhi). Since both of them breathed their last in here, Charles Correa got their built samadhis in the grounds of the palace itself. Gandhi's ashes are also interred at the Gandhi National Memorial of Poona. Exhibitions are held at the palace on a regular basis to acquaint people with the life and career of Mahatma Gandhi. Get more information on the Gandhi National Memorial of Puna, India.

The palace served as the venue for the famous movie 'Gandhi'. Since 1980, the management of the museum, samadhis and campus of the Agakhan Palace is under the Gandhi Memorial Society. The museum inside the palace complex has rich collection of pictures, depicting almost all the important incidents in the life of Mahatma Gandhi. There is also a wide assortment of his personal items like utensils, clothes, mala, chappals (slippers), letter written by Gandhiji on the death of his secretary, etc.