Tare Wali Kothi Lucknow

Tare Wali Kothi Lucknow

Tare Wali Kothi was proposed to established. In 1831 King Naseer-ud-Din Haider to establish the Royal Observatory. And mentioned its being ‘ not only as a means of establishing a series of observations of heavenly bodies, also a school for young courtiers. In which some knowledge of astronomy and general physics might be taught’. These sentiments of the King are recorded in the diary of Captain James Herbert, who was later appointed as astronomer and superintendent for the construction of the Observatory on the recommendation of the Governor General at Calcutta. Raja Bakhtawar Singh was supervisor of the construction work, began in 1832.