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| Keywords: Hawa Mahal in the 1890s.jpg en Photograph of the east façade of the Hawa Mahal Wind Palace at Jaipur in Rajasthan taken by Raja Deen Dayal Sons in the 1890s from the Curzon Collection 'Views of places proposed to be visited by Their Excellencies Lord Lady Curzon during Autumn Tour 1902' It was designed by Lalchand Usta and built by Sawai Pratap Singh r 1778-1803 in 1799 as an addition to the existing City Palace Like all the buildings in the old walled quarter of the city it is painted a rusty pink The building consists of two courtyards with residential ranges fronted by a five-storey façade with a curved roof-line shown in this view The façade is composed of a multitude of window bays arranged in tiers each crowned by an arch or dome The lattice-work designs of the windows created a purdah screen behind which ladies of the court in the zenana or women �s quarters could observe the outside world in privacy and enjoy the breeze s 1890 http //www oldindianphotos in/search updated-min 2008-12-01T00 00 00 2B05 30 updated-max 2009-01-01T00 00 00 2B05 30 max-results 50 Creator Lala Deen Dayal Custom license marker 2014 09 07 1905 Uploaded with UploadWizard Black and white photographs by Lala Deen Dayal Hawa Mahal | ||||
