[3] It was designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens as a residence for Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad.

[citation needed] Spread over 8.77 acres, and built in the shape of a butterfly, in Indo-Saracenic architecture.

[citation needed] With the exception of the Viceroy's House, it was the largest and grandest of all palaces built in Delhi by Edwin Lutyens during 1921-1931.

The Nizam’s sons disliked the building, finding it too western in style for their taste and was seldom used.

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