Sultan Muhammed Shah Aga Khan III built the palace in Pune as a famine-relief project to provide work for local poor. The infobox dates it to 1892, and construction took five years. The article names no architect, and it describes the style as Indo-Saracenic, with pediments and turrets. A 2.5-meter corridor runs around the building. The site covers 19 acres.
Mahatma Gandhi, Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai were interned here from August 9, 1942, to May 6, 1944, during the Quit India Movement. Kasturba Gandhi and Desai died during their internment, and their samadhis are on the grounds.
Aga Khan IV donated the palace to the Indian people in 1969. It houses a Gandhi museum, and the Archaeological Survey of India declared it a monument of national importance in 2003.
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