The Aga Khan Palace was constructed by Sultan Mohammed Shah, Aga Khan III,
in the year 1892. Built in Yerwada, near Pune, it was intended to be a source
of employment for the famine-struck villagers in the surrounding areas.
Prince Karim El Husseni, Aga Khan IV, donated the palace to the Government
of India in 1969, in memory of Mahatma Gandhi and his philosophy.
Aga Khan Palace is in Kalyani Nagar, Pune
The Aga Khan Palace is also known as the Gandhi National Memorial because of its close association with Mahatma Gandhi, who was kept at this palace under house arrest in the 1940s.
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