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Umaid Bhawan Palace, located in Jodhpur in Rajasth...

Umaid Bhawan Palace, located in Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India, is one of the world's largest private residences.
History of building the Umaid Bhawan Palace is linked to a curse by a saint who had said that a period of drought will follow the good rule of the Rathore Dynasty. Thus, after the end of about 50-year reign of Pratap Singh, Jodhpur faced a severe drought and famine conditions in the 1920s for a period of three consecutive years. The farmers of the area faced with famine conditions sought the help of the then king Umaid Singh,[3] who was the 37th Rathore ruler of Marwar at Jodhpur,[4] to provide them with some employment so that they could survive the famine conditions. The king, in order to help the farmers, decided to build a lavish palace.

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