The previously independent The Chepauk Palace was brought to auction Humayun Mahal was renovated with addition

tion Humayun Mahal was renovated with addition of Verandahs

kingdom of the Carnatic became a to pay off the Nawab's debts and was and arches , a square, two-storeyed entry building to the east.
protectorate of the British East India eventually purchased by the Madras High arched entrance and tall corner turrets brought down the
Company at the end of the Carnatic government. dome and created a first floor of rooms with a Madras terrace
Wars roofing

Abolition of the ‘nawabocracy’.

The Palace grounds was 117
acres in extent. The grounds
of Chepauk Palace stretched
from Bell’s Road to the beach
& from Pycroft’s Road to the The college was renamed
Cooum River as College of Engineering
Death of Nawab
The family of “The Prince’s of Arcot” moved their
Muhammad Ali
residence to Amir mahal, their official residence.
Wallajah

"Chepauk“ ,derived from the

Urdu word "Che Bagh" meaning
"Six gardens"
Beginning of the Construction of
the Chepauk palace
Completion of construction of
Chepauk palace with intricate
carvings, wide arches, red brick walls
and lime mortar.
Nawab Umdat-ul-Umrah, Wallajah’s son The Humayun mahal functioned
and successor were accused of conspiring as the office of the revenue
with Tipu Sultan, led to the second Lord board. Survey School became the
Clive sending in the troops to occupy the Civil Engineering College and
palace. moved into part of Khalsa Mahal
Southern gardens was replaced by the
new Indo-Saracenic building for the
Public Works Department.
Accommodation for the College was
extended to a part of the lower floor
and the whole of the upper floor. The
Government of Carnatic Agent occupied
the remaining of the lower floor.
Robert Chisholm linked the two
buildings with the 75-foot tall,
domed-and-minareted square
Records Tower. The British gave the
Arcot family, Amir (Arcot) Mahal
Proposal for re-organisation of the
College to Guindy
To accommodate more government If the wooden beams are replaced, in
the Khalsa mahal the building can be The debris from the above
offices Ezhilagam was built incidents were not cleared
Culture of british embibing in the maintained which was suggested by
an official during madras day but were screened from
buildings public view with rows of
Variation in skylines celebrations
asbestos sheets

Collapse of roof
in the Humayun
Mahal, -
Establishment of structurally
chepauk stadium unstable
Urbanization and rapid growth of Chennai.
Massive shift of people into the city

By auction, ownership of the property of

nawab was now shifted to state government
Further Collapse of roof
The college is in the Humayun Mahal
moved to Guindy
A portion of the
palace is still habited
by PWD which makes Shifting of cricket club
the building survive from island grounds to the core of the palace that was once home to
chepauk grounds led to the Nawabs of Arcot was damaged in a fire
the expansion of chepauk
stadium
Restoration of Khalas Mahal to be the home of the National Green
due to the dumping of heaps of files Tribunal, Southern Bench. Public Works Department submitted a
and old furniture, a minor fire broke proposal to the tourism department at a cost of ₹ 380 million to
out in the Humayun mahal restore Humayun Mahal by PWD