Golghar, is located to the west of Gandhi Maidan in Patna, capital city of Bihar state, India . Disturbed by the devastating famine of 1770, Captain John Garstin got this Silo or beehive shaped structure built for the purpose of storing grains for the British army. It has a storing capacity of 140000 tons and was completed on 20th July 1786. At that time, India was under the British Raj. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Gandhi Maidan, previously known as the Patna Lawns, is a historic ground at Patna near the banks of Ganges. ... Patna (पटना)is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. ... Bihar (बिहार in Devanagri) is a state situated in the eastern part of India. ... 1770 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... -1... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The British Raj is an informal term for the British colonial administration of most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, also included from 1886 was Burma. ...

It has a foundation of 125m, and a height of 29m. It is pillarless with the wall of 3.6m width at the bottom. One can climb atop the Golghar through the 145 steps of its winding stairway around the monument. The top of the Golghar presents a wonderful panoramic view of the city and the Ganga flowing nearby. The River Ganges (Ganga in Indian languages) is a major river in northern India. ...