Sujangarh: This mansion of Sujangarh is unique in itself. This mansion gave two MLAs to Sujangarh in Bikaner State before independence. Maharaja Ganga Singh used to come and go here. A Golden Room was specially made for his stay whose ceiling is painted with 1 kg gold polish. It is one of the tallest mansions of Shekhawati. We are talking about this unique mansion of Seth Danchand Chopra of Sujangarh.
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Bikaner was special to Maharaja Ganga Singh
Danchand Chopra, a well-known Seth of Shekhawati, had built this mansion about 100 years ago. Danchand Chopra was given the post of MLA in Bikaner State and was also the magistrate of Sujangarh at that time. Danchand’s father Seth Ghevarchand had a big business in Bangladesh before the partition of the country. The fact that he was such a big businessman can be gauged from the fact that at that time he had built Golundo Railway Station there. Ghevar market of Golundo is named after him. At the time of partition, Ghevarchand came to Kolkata and shifted his business. After this Seth Danchand Chopra took over the business. Danchand was close to Bikaner Maharaja Ganga Singh. This was the reason why Maharaj Ganga Singh kept coming to Sujangarh. Seth Danchand died in 1940. His Chhatri remains in Bikaner as his Samadhi. Seth Danchand’s son Vijay Singh Chopra was also given the post of MLA in Bikaner State at the age of just 21.
The mansion was built in 1928 at a cost of five lakhs, a bridge is built to connect the two mansions.
The construction of the mansion of the famous Seth Danchand Chopra of Shekhawati started in 1922. Which lasted till 1928. Five lakh rupees were spent on this at that time. The mansion is built in 7 thousand square yards. Usually, the mansions of Shekhawati have a lot of rooms, but seven big halls have been built in this mansion. The work of wood and glass has been done with great detail. The murals from 100 years ago are still safe. The main gate of the mansion is made of pure brass. A bridge was specially built to connect the Chopra Haveli to the smaller mansion in front. This bridge is still safe today.
For this, General Knowledge question was also asked 2 years ago Rajasthan Exam About this mansion of Gram Sevak Where is Danchand Chopra Mansion located?
Golden Room is built in the mansion
Whenever Maharaja Ganga Singh came to Sujangarh, he used to stay in the Golden Room of Chopra Haveli. The ceiling of this golden room is painted with 1 kg of gold. Not only this, at that time a tennis court and firing range was also built especially for Maharaja Ganga Singh in Sujangarh.
Chartered plane landed in Sujangarh in 1955
Ashok Chopra, grandson of Seth Danchand Chopra, tells that in 1955, the health of Danchand Chopra’s mother, living in Sujangarh, worsened. The doctor said that the family members should meet him. Then the Chopra family had come here in a chartered plane, which had landed in Tharra Tal of Sujangarh. Because there was no airport or airstrip here. Therefore the airlines company refused to land the plane here. So the Chopra family had got the plane landed by giving a bank guarantee of Rs 60 lakh at that time. The plane made two trips to bring the family members.
Seth Danchand Chopra was the chief guest in the program of BITS Pilani
The country’s famous Birla Institute of Technology and Science had a big program in Pilani before independence. Then the chief guest of the inauguration ceremony was Seth Danmal Chopra. Ghanshyam Das Birla and former President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the then Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University,
