Amir Mahal

Situated in Royapettah, a neighbourhood of Chennai, India, it was constructed in Indo-Saracenic style in 1798, the Amir Mahal has been the residence of the family since 1876.

[2] When the Carnatic kingdom was annexed by the Company in 1855 as per the Doctrine of Lapse, the Chepauk Palace, the official residence of the Nawabs, was auctioned off and purchased by the Madras government.

[2] The Nawab moved to a building called Shadi Mahal on Triplicane High Road and lived there.

[2] Today, Amir Mahal has hidden itself inside the city's chaos and rushed daily life.

While visitors are rarely allowed inside, it still has entertained several political leaders and celebrities including the Oscar awardee A. R.