ghosh who mostly confines herself in her home now says this world heritage week november 1925 is like a joke for a historic and heritage city like patna for 90yearold lt gen retd s k sinha the former vice chief of army staff patna still holds that special place in his heart but it pains him to see the heritage making way to highrises i can tell you the city was so beautiful especially the new capital that the british had built after bihar was carved out as a separate province in 1911 the beauty was unmatched in its architectural grandeur and the civility that people exhibited in public the whole city was neat and clean and in order general sinha told pti opposite the dak bungalow was the iconic rizwan castle perhaps the only specimen of a tudor castle in bihar which now has been reduced a ramshackle state my grandfather hasan imam built it in 1920s after returning from england the place has become disputed and it is sad the building once a pride of patna has now fallen right off the map just like the city itself bulu imam told pti the condition of sultan palace built in the same era is a little better but heritage lovers feel saddened to see the mansion of sir sultan ahmad the legendary barrister being reduced to a poorlymaintained government office intach patna chapter founding member s k sinha in his 80s now says few decades ago the then government wanted to dismantle patnas sultan palace built in the 1920s but it was only after intach patnas intervention that the building was saved