Jai Vilas Mahal

The Jai Vilas Mahal (Hindi: जय विलास महल), also known as the Jai Vilas Palace), is a nineteenth-century palace in Gwalior, India. It was established in 1874 by Jayajirao Scindia, the Maharaja of Gwalior and is still the residence of his descendants the former royal Maratha Scindia dynasty. Raja Jiwaji was fond of various furnitures and so he bought many various kind of furnitues and accessories for decorating the palace, from different places like Italy, England, New York, Egypt, Japan, China and much more.His great grandson was Madhav 1. He had two spouses and has been the member of Lok Sabha of the Indian parliament 9 times. He was also a great golf and crickt player. He has studied from some college in Oxford, UK. He died in 2001 due to an accident. He has two kids : one daughter and one son. They are now the living people of the dynasty. The European architecture of the palace was designed and built by Sir Michael Filose (known as Mukhel Sahib) under the guidance of Jayajirao to welcome Edward VII.

The palace has 400 rooms from which exclusively 40 rooms are transformed into Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum. Two Belgian chandeliers at Durbar Hall weighing 7 tonnes each are believed to be one of the largest in the world.

Priyadarshini Raje Scindia is the patron and trustee of the museum.

Jai vilas palace

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The Durbar (royal court) Hall inside the palace

H. H. Maharaja Jayaji Rao Scindia (Shinde), the Maratha Maharaja of Gwalior, who built the Jai Vilas Palace

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See also

• Usha Kiran Palace
• New Palace, Kolhapur of the Bhonsle Chhatrapatis
• Laxmi Vilas Palace, Vadodara of the Gaekwads
• Rajwada, Indore of Holkars
• Shaniwar Wada, Pune of the Peshwas
• Thanjavur Maratha palace of the Bhonsles