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Sikandar Bagh
Sikandar Bagh, Ashok Marg, Hazratganj, Lucknow, UP 226001, IndiaAbout
Sikandar Bagh formerly known by the British as Sikunder/Sikandra/Secundra Bagh, is a villa and garden enclosed by a fortified wall, with loopholes, gateway and corner bastions, approx, Oudh, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by the last Nawab of Oudh, Wajid Ali Shah (1822-1887), as a summer residence. The name of the villa signifies '"Garden of Sikandar", perhaps after Alexander the Great,[2] whose name lives on in this form in these parts, or perhaps after Sikandar Mahal Begum, the Nawab's favourite wife. It was stormed in 1857 by the British during the Indian Mutiny and witnessed within its walls the slaughter of all 2,200[3]sepoy mutineers who had made it a stronghold during their Siege of Lucknow. The site now houses the National Botanical Research Institute of India.
