Today there are many luxurious hotels in India. The rent of all these hotels starts from thousands and goes up to lakhs. But do you know which was the first 5 star hotel in India, which is still very much liked by the people. Today we will tell you about the world’s first 5 star hotel.
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There is no dearth of luxurious hotels in India today. There are many good hotels in India. But the first 5 star hotel is always the first. Let us tell you that even today the rent for a night’s stay in this hotel is in thousands. When this hotel was built, at that time only this hotel had electricity connection. Even today this hotel remains the first choice of the people.
India’s first five star
India’s first five star hotel is the Taj Hotel located in Mumbai. The Taj Mahal Palace, which opened to 17 guests on December 16, 1903, was the dream of Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group. Jamsetji Tata had many dreams for modern India, among them the Taj Mahal Palace was the only dream that was fulfilled in his lifetime. The hotel is named after the Taj Mahal, which is located in the city of Agra. This hotel is made up of two separate buildings. The Taj Mahal Palace and the Tower, the Taj Mahal Palace was built in the early 20th century, while the tower opened in 1973.
It took so much money to make it
According to media reports, Hotel Taj was built at a huge cost of Rs 4 crore 21 lakhs. In those days, it was the only hotel in India that had electricity. It was the first hotel in the country to get the license for a bar (Harbour Bar) and a 24-hour restaurant. In 1972, the country’s first 24-hour coffee shop was here. Let us tell you that the Taj Mahal Palace is the first restaurant in the country where the first AC restaurant was built. Taj was the first hotel in the country to have an international level discotheque. German elevators were installed in it. Not only this, Turkish bath tubs and fans of American companies were installed at that time.
In the beginning, the rent was this much
According to experts, during the First World War, the hotel was converted into a 600-bed hospital. Initially, the rent of a single room in the hotel was Rs 10. The rent of rooms with fan and attached bathroom was Rs 13. But at present, the rent of even the cheapest room here is around Rs 35,000.
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