Kamlapati palace

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Kamalapati Palace is located on the bridge, between the larger and the smaller lake of Bhopal. Built in 1722, it is named after Rani Kamlapati the widow Gond ruler of Nizam Shah, Chief of Ginnorgarh. Rani Kamlapati was one of the seven wives of Ginnor's Gond Warlord Nizam Shah son of Suraj Singh Shah who ruled the territory comprising the merger of 750 villages in the 16th century. Nizam Shah built a Kamlapati Mahal as a symbol of his love in 1722 which today is being preserved by the Archeological Survey of India.The palace has been designated as a Monument of National Importance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

Rani kamlapati tied the rakhi to warlord Dost Muhammad khan who protected her and her son from her enemies after her husband's death. She gifted Bhopal as a reward to Dost Muhammad khan who developed it as his capital. Their story shows the hindu muslim u ity of bhopal which continues to the present day.

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