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Bassian Kothi - a crumbling monument |
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Written by Jupinderjit Singh, The Tribune India
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Monday, 18 September 2000 |
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After Independence it was converted into a rest house of the state Irrigation Department, but some years ago the department's rest house shifted to a new place. Since then the condition of the historic building has been steadily deteriorating. For years, the kothi lay ignored and abandoned both by the government as well as the people of the surrounding villages, until recently when a group of concerned villagers came together and demanded conservation of the historic kothi.The group of villagers, headed by former MLA, Jagdev Singh Jassowal, even managed to install a life-size portrait of Maharaja Dalip Singh in a hall of the kothi. However, the portrait is lying forgotten in the chowkidar's room at the rest house. Wild growth is what one witnesses in the once magnificent garden of the historic kothi. The government recently announced its plans to auction the historic building. The present auction plan could not be known but one thing is sure, the building faces an even darker future ahead. |
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