The Noor Mahal is a beautiful palace built in Bahawalpur,
Pakistan. It was built in 1872 like an Italian chateau on neoclassical lines,
strangely at a time when modernism had set in. There are various stories
regarding its construction. According to one belief, Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan
IV had the palace made for his wife. However, she was there for one night, only
as she happened to see the adjoining graveyard from her balcony, and refused to
spend another night there and so it remained unused during his reign.
