Ngawo-1830, i-India yayiphethwe iNgilandi kancane futhi amadolobha amaningi aseNdiya ayengaphansi ngokuphelele kwamandla eBrithani. Kulesi simo, iKota, eyayingelinye lamadolobha amakhulu aseRajasthan ngaleso sikhathi nendawo eyakhelene nayo, yize yayineNkosi yamaNdiya, yayilawulwa ngokuphelele yiziphathimandla zaseBrithani futhi inkosi yayiziphatha njengopopayi okhulumayo.
Njengendawo yokuhlala izikhulu, babakhe isigodlo lapho ngonyaka we-1830 base besiqamba ngokuthi iBrijraj Bhawan Palace. Igama layo likhombisa incazelo ebalulekile eholela "eBritish Raj", okusho ukuthi, "uBritsh Kingdom". Ngenkathi abanye bekholelwa ukuthi laqanjwa ngegama lenkosi yaseNdiya yangemva kwenkululeko, iNkosi uBrijraj.
Indaba Emuva Kwababulali Bomndeni KaBurton Esigodlweni saseBrijraj Bhawan:
Ngo-1844, kwathunyelwa uMajor ogama lakhe linguCharles Burton eKota futhi wayehlala lapho nomndeni wakhe kwaze kwaba nokuqubuka okukhulu kokuvukelwa kombuso ngo-1857 ngenkathi uMajor Burton ecelwa ukuba ahambe ayobamba ukuhlubuka eNeemuch, idolobha elincane eliseMadhya Pradesh .
Kwakuwukuvukela umbuso okukhulu kwaseNdiya okuphikisana noMandla waseBrithani lapho bonke ubukhosi obukhulu nobuncane obuvela ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene balwa belwa inkululeko yabo. UKota ngaleso sikhathi wayengathintwanga ngokuphelele yimpi ngakho-ke uMajor Burton wacabanga ukuthi ngeke kube nenkinga lapha futhi wanquma ukuya eNeemuch nomndeni wakhe.
Kepha kungekudala ngoDisemba wonyaka ofanayo, wathola incwadi evela kuMaharaja (King) waseKota, emxwayisa ngokuqubuka okungenzeka kwaba khona edolobheni. Ngemuva kokuthola incwadi, uMajor Burton kwadingeka abuyele eKota ngokushesha ukuzobhekana nesimo esibi.
AbaseBrithani bebevele bebambekile ekulweni nebutho laseNdiya ezindaweni eziningi futhi bengakwazi ukukhokhela ukuqubuka okusha, ngakho-ke kwakuwumyalo oqinile weziphathimandla eziphakeme ukuthi ucindezele ukuhlukunyezwa eKota ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale.
Ngokushesha uMajor Burton wabuyela eKota namadodana akhe amabili ngoDisemba 13, 1857. Kodwa wayengazi ukuthi impi yayisivele ishile phansi komuzi futhi wayehamba eqonde ogibeni.
Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbili ebuyile, uMajor Burton wabona iqembu elikhulu lisondela esigodlweni. Ekuqaleni, wayecabanga ukuthi uMaharaja wayethumele la mabutho ukuba ayovakasha ngobungani. Kepha kungekudala, wabubona ubucayi besimo lapho ibhilidi lalihaqiwe futhi langena ngamasosha (amasosha) ephethe izibhamu, ezazihlubukile.
Zonke izisebenzi zabo zazibalekile ngaphambi kokuba kuqale konke, kwasala uMajor Burton namadodana akhe amabili esigodlweni. Bacashe ekamelweni eliphezulu ngezingalo ezimbalwa futhi babelinde usizo lokufika bevela eMaharaja, ngenkathi abahlaseli bephanga indlu engezansi kwabo.
Besivele sichithwe amahora amahlanu sidubula futhi lapho beqonda ukuthi akekho ozofika azosiza, kufanele bazinikele, futhi baguqe phansi basho imithandazo yabo. NgoMashi 1858, uKota wathathwa amasosha aseBrithani kanti izidumbu zomndeni wakwaBurton zembulwa futhi wangcwatshwa emathuneni aseKota egcwele izihlonipho zempi.
Isigodlo saseBrijraj Bhawan Nabantu Abadumile:
Ngemuva kwalokho, iBrijraj Bhawan Palace yaqalwa futhi ukufeza injongo yayo yokuhlala kwezikhulu zaseBrithani. Abantu abaningi abakhulu kubandakanya amaViceroys, Amakhosi, amaQueens kanye noNdunankulu bahlala lapha. Ngo-1903, u-Lord Curzon (i-Viceroy kanye ne-Governor-General of India) bavakashela isigodlo, kwathi ngo-1911, iNdlovukazi uMary yaseNgilandi yahlala lapha ekuhambeleni kwayo e-India.
Ngemuva kwe-Independence (etholwe ngo-15 Agasti Agasti 1947) wase-India, isigodlo saba yindawo yangasese kaMaharaja waseKota. Kepha yathathwa nguHulumeni waseNdiya ngawo-1980 futhi yamenyezelwa njengehhotela eliyigugu. Namuhla, ngaphandle kobunikazi bayo, yaziwa nangokuthi enye yezindawo ezihlaselwa kakhulu eNdiya lapho kusenethonya lesipoki sikaMajor Burton.
Izipoki ZaseBrijraj Bhawan Palace Hotel:
Kuthiwa umoya kaCharles Burton uvame ukubonakala uhlupha isigodlo esinomlando kanti izivakashi zivame ukukhononda ngokuzwa ukwesaba ngaphakathi ehhotela. Abasebenzi basehhotela babuye babika ukuthi abalindi bavame ukuzwa izwi elikhuluma isiNgisi elithi, “Ungalali, ungabhemi” lilandelwa ngempama ebukhali. Kepha ngaphandle kwalezi zimpama zokudlala, akalimazi muntu ngenye indlela.
Empeleni, uMajor Burton wayengumuntu oqinile kwezempi empilweni yakhe, owayethanda ukuhlala ezifundisweni njalo. Kubukeka sengathi isipoki sikaBurton sisazulazula esigodlweni ngobuntu bakhe obukhaliphile futhi obuqinile. Ngisho, lowo owake waba nguMaharani (uQueen Queen) waseKota wake watshela Izintatheli ZaseBrithani ngo-1980 ukuthi wayebone isipoki sikaMajor Burton kaningana, ukuzulazula ehholo elilodwa lapho abulawa khona kabuhlungu.
Njengamanye amahhotela aphezulu e-India lesi sigodlo sasebukhosini kungaba yindawo ethokozisayo yabahambi abafuna ngempela i- isipiliyoni sangempela semvelo empilweni yabo.
