Maharaja Ranjit Singh Palace, Amritsar, Punjab India

Summer place of Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Is situated in the middle of a beautiful garden called Ram bagh. This garden is laid out on the pattern of Shalimar Bagh at Lahore. Only its architecturally unique ´darshani deorhi´ has remained intact. A museum after the name of the Maharaja is set up here displaying oil paintings, miniatures, coins, abd weapons relating to the Sikh period.

It was constructed under the supervision of Fakir Azeez-ud-din and Sardars Lehna Singh and Desa Singh Majithia, nobles of the Lahore Darbar at a cost of Nanak Shahi Rs. 1,25,000/- Originally, laid in a garden spreading across 84 acres of rare plants, trees and flowers, surrounded by a boundary wall, 14 feet high and a moat all around it, this beautiful palace had also several equally fine-looking clusters of structure which were converted into clubs and libraries, the lawns around them into tennis courts by the British.

Constructed under the supervision of Fakir Azeez-ud-din, Sardar Lehna Singh and Sardar Desa Singh Majithia, nobles of the Lahore, this darbar cost Nanak Shahi (the currency at the time) 1,25,000. A retreat for Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1838 AD), the palace spreads across 84 acres and had a garden of rare plants, trees and flowers, surrounded by a boundary wall, 14 feet high and a moat all around it. This beautiful palace had also several equally beautiful built clusters which the British converted into clubs and libraries.

The entrance of the palace called the Darshani Deori has a unique design. It has four two-storied towers in the cardinal directions. There are two tanks, one connecting the palace with water channels fitted with fountains and the other with the air-conditioning pipes circuiting the outer walls and the bathing tanks of the double-storied part of the residence. Some of the paintings and the mirror-work on the roofs can still be seen.

 
The attraction of Punjab, a land of unparalleled natural beauty is further improved by the royal splendor of the numerous palaces that dot the state. One of the most inspiring palaces of Punjab is the Summer Palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a courageous monarch whose maintain to fame lay in the energetic role he had played throughout India's turbulent struggle for freedom.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh, more popularly known as ‘the Lion of Punjab’ was not only a great son of Punjab but was also among the few leading figures of the history of that period. The deeds of Maharaja Ranjit Singh will remain as permanent marks in the annals of sikh history.