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Golghar: A Stunning Stupidity

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  After the terrible impact of the 1770s Bengal famine, which killed approximately 10 million people, mostly in the Eastern part of India. Warren Hastings who was the Governor-General of India at that time ordered Captain John Garstin of the Bengal Engineers, part of the East India Company's Bengal Army to build a huge granary in Patna that can store grain for the whole city.  John Garstin built the Golghar on 20 July 1786 in Patna, Bihar with a large storage capacity of 140000 tons of grains is one of the most massive food storage structures in modern history.    It is called Golghar because of its unique beehive-shaped structure. The building is built in the Stupa style, which is also compared to the Adil Shah Tomb of Bijapur. It has a height of 29 m. It is pillarless with a wall of thickness of 3.6 m at the base. To climb to the top of the Golghar has a 145-step spiral stairway. It was designed to facilitate the passage of the workers who loade...