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The '''summer palace''' was a large palace in [[Amritsar]] owned by Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] of the [[Sikh Empire]]. It was used as his primary residence during the summer seasons, and was also occasionally used to throw feasts. | The '''summer palace''' was a large palace in [[Amritsar]] owned by Maharaja [[Ranjit Singh]] of the [[Sikh Empire]]. It was used as his primary residence during the summer seasons, and was also occasionally used to throw feasts. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | <gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180"> | ||
ACBM-Palace Pond.jpg|A pond in the palace courtyard | |||
ACBM-Palace Garden.jpg|The palace garden | |||
ACBM-Tosha Khana.jpg|The Tosha Khana beneath the palace | |||
ACBM-Ruins.jpg|First Civilization ruins beneath the palace | ACBM-Ruins.jpg|First Civilization ruins beneath the palace | ||
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Revision as of 12:41, 9 July 2014
The summer palace was a large palace in Amritsar owned by Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire. It was used as his primary residence during the summer seasons, and was also occasionally used to throw feasts.
The palace was built atop old First Civilization ruins, in which Ranjit Singh kept the Koh-i-Noor, a Piece of Eden, safe from the hands of his enemies. Several other Pieces of Eden were also hidden in the ruins, including those adorned on a statue of Durga, among which were an Apple of Eden and a Staff of Eden.
During a feast thrown at the palace by the Maharaja in June 1839, the Koh-i-Noor was stolen by the Assassin Arbaaz Mir. Later during the same feast, Singh was fatally poisoned by the British emissary William Hay Macnaghten and Templar general Francis Cotton, the latter of which also destroyed the Koh-i-Noor during a fight with Arbaaz Mir in the palace courtyard.
Gallery
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A pond in the palace courtyard -
The palace garden -
The Tosha Khana beneath the palace -
First Civilization ruins beneath the palace
