Aga Khan Palace
Aga Khan Palace was built in 1892 by Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan III, partly as a charitable gesture to provide employment during a famine, but it's most historically significant as the place where the British colonial government detained Mahatma Gandhi, his wife Kasturba, and several other independence leaders following the 1942 Quit India movement. Kasturba Gandhi died during this imprisonment, and her memorial (samadhi) is located within the palace grounds, along with Mahadev Desai's memorial.
The building now functions as a Gandhi memorial and museum, with photographs and personal items on display, and its combination of grand European-influenced architecture with the weight of India's independence history makes it a meaningful, if somber, stop in Pune.
Aga Khan Palace FAQs
The British colonial government imprisoned Mahatma Gandhi, his wife Kasturba, and other independence leaders here following the 1942 Quit India movement; Kasturba Gandhi died during this imprisonment.
Yes, her samadhi (memorial) is located within the palace grounds, along with a memorial to Mahadev Desai, Gandhi's secretary who also died during the imprisonment.
1-1.5 hours for the museum and grounds.
Yes, a modest ticket fee applies.
Photographs, personal artifacts, and displays documenting Gandhi's imprisonment and the broader independence movement, alongside the original grand architecture of the palace.
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