Town Hall, Bulandshahr

Town Hall, Bulandshahr
Town Hall Bulandshahr (19th century)
General information
Architectural style	Indo-Saracenic architecture

The Town Hall in Bulandshahr, India, was built by Muhammad Baquar Ali Khan at a cost of Rs. 30,000 in the late 19th century. The project was overseen by Frederic Growse, a British civil servant of the Indian Civil Service, who had been appointed collector of the region in 1878. It is situated in Moti Bagh, which was created as a public garden. The main approach was via the Garden Gate. ^[1] It was built in 1883. ^{[2] [3]}

Entrance (west)

The main approach was via the Garden Gate. ^[4]

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  Garden Gate, Bulandshahr (1880s)
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  Garden Gate, Bulandshahr (2023)

2023

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  Town Hall North Verandah (2023)
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  Wooden door
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  Roof terrace

See also

• Bulandshahr; or, Sketches of an Indian district; social, historical and architectural (1884)

References

1. Tillotson, G. H. R. (Giles Henry Rupert) (1989). The tradition of Indian architecture : continuity, controversy, and change since 1850. New Haven : Yale University Press. pp. 84–92. ISBN   978-0-300-04636-6.
2. Nevill, H.R. (1922). District Gazetteers Of The United Provinces Of Agra And Oudh Bulandshar (1922). Vol. V. Lucknow. p. 205.
3. Growse, Frederic Salmon (1885). Indian Architecture of To-day as Exemplified in New Buildings in the Bulandshahr District. Allahabad: North-Western Provinces and Oudh Government Press.
4. Growse, Frederic Salmon (1884). Bulandshahr: Or, Sketches of an Indian District: Social, Historical and Architectural. Medical Hall Press. p. 70.

Further reading

• Mallick, Bhaswar (2018). Agency of Labor Resistance in Nineteenth Century India: Significance of Bulandshahr and F.S. Growse's Account (Thesis). University of Cincinnati.

External links

• Frederic Salmon Growse: The Man that built Bulandshahr in the 19th Century