Sher Garhi Palace

Sher Garhi Palace, the Tiger Fortress, stands on the Jhelum south of Srinagar's Old City. Jawansher Khan, the Afghan governor of Kashmir, began it in 1772 on the former site of a palace of the Lohara king Ananta. Afghan governors ruled from here for decades, Sikh governors after the Battle of Shopian in 1819, and then the Dogra Maharajas, who enlarged it through the 19th century. Around 1900 they rebuilt the river front in a neoclassical style with Corinthian columns, mixing English and Kashmiri elements.

The complex later housed government offices and the legislative council, giving it the names Old Secretariat and Old Assembly. Fires in the 1970s and early 2000s did heavy damage, and restoration started in 2015. An art gallery opened in part of the complex in 2020, and a wing along the river now holds the Srinagar City Museum.