Makeover of 200 year old Indian heritage building

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[{"selector":"#anim-8630fb03-9a03-470f-8172-1e69c2693680 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-10.644702037901109%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-feecc1c1-a626-4994-a6e6-7a631efb0085","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2cc20ebf-edfe-4fe8-a8b5-9cdef6f3cd24","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(117.53732%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The heritage building was the residence of Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick, the British representative to the court in Hyderabad from 1797-1805 and has since been converted into a university. credit-google

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[{"selector":"#anim-457a7287-af33-4c63-b0c1-b14891ff0dac [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.73486316129105%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c466e234-c1e3-439c-a04a-b3891ff877f8","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}] The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Commonwealth Heritage Skills Training Program - funded by the UK-based charity Hamish Auguston Foundation - contributed £157,000 ($193,000) to the project credit-google

[{"selector":"#anim-d4ff14b0-6feb-4cb5-8ef3-c32db845ab49 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(46.87230607332983%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c39ff5cf-4a43-4bf6-81ed-9a8eeba9f37d","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(1)","scale(1.5)","scale(0.95)","scale(1)"],"offset":[0,0.33,0.66,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1450,"easing":"ease-in-out","fill":"both","iterations":1}] Gave youth from UK and Hyderabad a chance to work on the building and learn conservation techniques from experts. credit-google

The university is the first of 20 projects selected by the program for restoration.

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The next project by the program will be to renovate Roxburgh House in the Botanical Gardens in the eastern city of Kolkata.

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