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Kilwat Palace
Most Important palace of Nizam. behind Mecca Masjid.The fabulous Nizams’ jewels, which have been taken back to be stored in the vaults of the Reserve Bank of India in Mumbai, are expected to be permanently housed in the famous Khilwat Palace, part of the Chowmohalla Palace complex in the Old City. Once the renovation of the Chowmohalla complex is completed, the Khilwat Palace, where the Nizams’ used to hold court, would permanently house the jewellery.
As part of preparing Khilwat as the permanent site for exhibiting the 173 piece jewellery collection valued at more than Rs 14,000 crore in the international market, a team of reputed architects are working on the plans, not only for the renovation of the palace but also with respect to the security requirements, it was learnt.