Dilkusha Kothi, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

It is the remains of an eighteenth-century house built in the English baroque style in the quiet Dilkusha area of Lucknow in India. Today there are only a few towers and external walls as a monument, though the extensive gardens remain. The house was shelled during its involvement in the Lucknow siege in 1857 together with the Residency and the nearby school of La Martiniere.

This building was built by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the last king of Awadh (1847-1856 AD) to the north east of Dilkusha Palace and the surrounding round was used for Military Exercise for his troops during the early years of his rule. The British took exception to this and the king was asked to abandon the exercise which he left rejected.