Question: Who was the original owner of the area where the palace in which Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar died was built?

Bangalore Palace, a palace located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, in an area owned originally by Rev. J. Garrett, who was the first Principal of the Central High School in Bangalore, now known as Central College.  The beginning of the construction of the Palace is attributed to him. <SEP> Motijhil (also Motijheel, literal translation: Pearl Lake), also known as Company Bagh due to its association with the East India Company, is a horse-shoe shaped lake in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.  It was created by Nawazish Muhammad Khan, the son-in-law of Nawab Alivardi Khan.  He also constructed a precious palatial palace beside this lake which is called the "Sang-i- dalan" (literal translation:stone palace) which is also known as the "Motijhil Palace".  It is located at the bend of this lake.  It was used as the residence of Nawazish and Ghaseti Begum, Nawazish's beloved wife.  It is said that after Nawazish died, Ghaseti Begum lived here until Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah took over the palace and seized humongous amount of treasures in 1756 AD.  With this money he built a similar lake with a beautiful palace, Hirajheel, on the opposite side of the Bhagirathi River.  The palace has a lofty gateway, a mosque known as the ""Shahamat Jang"" and the "Kala Masjid" and some other buildings which were all built by Nawazish.  This palace was built in 1740.  As far as etymology is concerned, the palace has been named so as it was built using black basalt pillars which were brought from the ruins of Gaur.  Thus, it was given the name of "Sang-i-Dalan" or the Stone Palace.  This palace was then decorated with different varieties of flower plants and precious marbles.  Inside the palace is a huge room having no doors or windows in it and closed on all the four sides.  Some say that huge quantity of wealth belonging to the Begum had been kept hidden underground the room.  Once labourers were employed to break open the masonry and excavate the treasure, but they ended up vomiting blood, so nobody dares to open it.  The room is 65 feet long, 23 feet broad, 12 feet high plinth area, 1339 square feet. <SEP> Maharaja Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur (20 February 1953 in Mysore Palace, India – 10 December 2013 in Bangalore Palace, India), also referred to as Raja Srikanta Wadiyar, was the prince of Mysore Kingdom and head of the Wadiyar dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore between 1399 and 1950. <SEP> Maharaja Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar (born 24 March 1992) (Chamaraja Wadiyar XII) is the 27th and present titular Maharaja of Mysore and head of the former ruling Wadiyar dynasty.  His late great-uncle, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, died in December 2013 without naming a successor, leaving the throne and family headship vacant.  In February 2015, after an interregnum of over a year, Yaduveer was adopted by Pramoda Devi, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar's widow, as her son.  Consequent to his adoption, he became the natural son of Sri Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar and Smt.  Pramoda Devi and he was formally renamed Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar.