India Mint Stamp

Lokith Philately

Permanent Pictorial cancellation of Bihar

Permanent Pictorial Cancellation inaugural day covers

Date of issue: Not Known

Pin code: 800001

Status: Active

PO Name: Patna

Description: Gol Ghar situated in Patna is a granary. After the devastating famine of 1770, which killed nearly 10 million people in regions of Bengal and Bihar. Captain John Garstin, architect of the Bengal Engineers, was entrusted with the design and construction of this beehive-shaped structure to store grains for the British Indian Army. Its construction started in 1784 and it took 29 months to complete and was completed in 1786. At that time Golghar was the first largest granaries. It can hold 14,00,000 metric tonnes of grain. Its structure is like a stupa and does not have a single pillar. It has two sets of 145 round stairs, one to climb up and one to return. for pouring the grain through a 2-foot, 7-inch hole made at the top. 

The upper part of the building up to a height of 3 meters from the ground is completely made of stones. The diameter of this building is approximately 32 to 36 meters and its height is 129 meters from the ground. A sound resonates 27-32 times inside it. The thickness of the wall at its base is 3.6 meters and there are 4 doors to go in and out of the building. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) listed it as a protected heritage site of Bihar in 2017.