Ujjayanta Palace,Agartala

Ujjayanta Palace : At the heart of the town of Agartala with in a compound covering an area of half a square mile, stands Ujjayanta Palace, the modern edifice of the royal house of Tripura. The construction of this well-balanced and beautiful palace had to be undertaken in 1899 in spite of the then stringent financial condition of the state because the old palace which was built in 1862 suffered very badly from a severe earthquake in 1898 and became unfit for habitation. It was completed in 1901 at a cost of little above Rs. 10 lakhs. The palace is a two storied mansion having a mixed type of architecture with three high domes, the central one being 86 ft. high. It had well-laid garden parks all around it and two large tanks on two sides, with the leading road in between them. The water cores and fountains were laid in the pattern of the Moghul garden. The main block covers 800 across and contains many public halls, viz., the Throne Room, Durbur Hall, Library, study, Recreation Hall, etc., After the merger of Tripura with the Union of India in 1949 the Royal Palace which was once full of life and brisk activity stood for lorn, being regarded as only a personal property of exruler until recently when it was taken over by the STate Government and transformed into the State Legislative Assembly. This commencing edifice stands erect as a pretty feat of modern architecture that once had a grandeur of its own.