page_title: Moti Bagh Palace
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Moti Bagh Palace / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A Painting at New Moti Bagh Palace, Patiala
context_page_description: Moti Bagh Palace is a palace in Patiala, also known as Pearl Garden Palace. The word "Moti" means "pearl", and "Bagh" means "garden". The Palace was built by Maharaja Narinder Singh, the great-grandfather of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, in 1847, at a cost of five lakhs of rupees. The Old Moti Bagh Palace and New Moti Bagh Palace were built respectively by Maharaja Narinder Singh and Maharaja Yadavindra Singh.
  The Old Palace is one of the largest residencies in Asia, housing the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports currently. And the New Moti Bagh Palace is the residence of Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh currently.
context_section_description: It was expanded in 1920s under the supervision of Sir Ganga Ram during the reign of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh. After independence, the Government of India took over the premises, and later converted it into a museum, a taxidermy gallery, and the North Zone Cultural Centre.
  The National Institute of Sports (NIS) Patiala is situated in its East wing, where the annual Patiala Heritage festival is celebrated. 
  There is another building, called the New Moti Bagh Palace, built in 1959, that is residence of Amarinder Singh.
caption: The New Moti Bagh Palace
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