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Summer Palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is cited in the centre of an amazing garden

known as Ram Bagh. This beautifully designed garden is designed in the style of

Lahore’s Shalimar Bagh. The beautiful architectural beauty of Darshani Deorhi here is a

major attraction.
There is a museum here created by the Maharaja’s name that holds beautiful,

magnificent, historical oil paintings, coins, miniatures and instruments depicting Sikh

age in the country. The palace is today a heritage palace of Amritsar.
History of the Palace
The Palace was constructed under the control and management of Sardar Lehna Singh

and Sardar Desa Singh Majithia along with Fakir Azeez-ud-din at a price of Nanak Shahi

INR 1, 25,000/-. Primarily, spread over a garden scattered on a land area of 84 acres.

This garden has rare flora and trees and species. Fenced by a boundary wall all along

with a moat on all sides, this remarkable palace had many buildings that were

converted into clubs, libraries and lawns by the British Government.