Mohatta Palace Museum Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

These are photographs of English/Urdu commemorative stones and British times grand beautiful historic building of Mohatta Palace Museum located at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. English commemorative stone provides this historical information about Mohatta Palace Karachi:


"Mohatta Palace Museum

In 1927 Shiv Rattan Mohatta, a successful entrepreneur from Marwar in Rajasthan, Commissioned Aga Ahmed Hussain, the first Muslim Architect of India, to design a family residence in Karachi. At the time, Agha Ahmed Hussain had come from Jaipur to take up the post of Chief Surveyor for the Karachi Muncipal Corporation. In thrall to the Palaces of Rajpot Princes, he combined yellow Gizri and pink Jodhpur stone in a Moghal revival style for the commission.

At independence in 1947, a lot Mohatta Palace was acquired by the Government of Pakistan to house the ministery of Foreign Affairs. When their offices moved to Islamabad, the house was given to Mohtarima Fatima Jinnah who lived here from 1964 until her death in 1967. It was subsequently by her sister until her demise in 1980. As the Palace then became the subject of a protracted legal dispute, it was left in an abandoned state.

It remained unoccupied until 1995, when it was formally purchased by the Government of Sindh with funds made available by the federal government of Pakistan. An autonomous board of trustees was set up to oversee the restoration and to manage the property as the museum of the Arts of the Pakistan. The Mohatta Palace Museum opened its doors to the public on September 15, 1999 with a successful exhibition titled "Treasures of the Talpur: Collection from the Courts of Sindh.

Since 1999, the museum has held twenty one major exhibitions on different aspects of the cultural heritage of Pakistan. Till such time as its permanent collections are acquired, the museum will continue to hold temporary exhibitions. It is a registered charity run by an independent board of trustees and relies on public and private donations for its activities. "



Courtesy by Syed Muzammil Hussain Sahib


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1- Commemorative stone