the Durbar Hall also known as council chamber, while the first floor has reception rooms. The drawing and dining rooms are also located on the first floor with each measuring 43 by 33 feet. The Durbar Hall and Ballroom lies on the west of the main block with an area of 65.5 by 43 feet and rise through two floors of the building. The hall is overlooked by colonnaded balconies of the first floor and has a large widening staircase. Both the north and south ends of the main block accommodates the guesthouse block and kitchen. The main block of the house is connected to the kitchen by a connecting bridge. Munnings designed the house with each floor having distinctive functions - ground floor for offices, first floor for reception rooms and second floor for main bedrooms. The top floor consists of bedrooms - 15 in total - each having its own bathroom and furnished with electric ceiling fans, a luxury item at that time. Munnings also installed lifts at both ends of the main building. The notable design features of the building are decorative plaster work in the drawing, dining rooms and the Durbar Hall. The expanded metal plastered ceilings and jack arch flooring are also distinctive features inside the building. The floor of Durbar Hall is made up of teak planking supported on springs which also doubled up as a ballroom. The house also features highly decorative marble fireplaces and mouldings. Compound The Government House at Patna was planned on a compound of 100 acres in area. The campus contained a number of lawn tennis courts between the two main approach drives. A compound wall surrounds the house and Munnings also designed the main gate piers and police barracks to guard the entrance. The gardens in the campus was designed by Munnings and Mr. Head - then Superintendent of the Government Parks and Gardens, Allahabad - in 1916. Donation of land to Patna Zoo In 1970, then Governor of Bihar - Nityanand Kanungo - donated 34 acres of land from the Governor House campus for the establishment of a Botanical Garden. Location Raj Bhavan is located in Rajbansi locality of Patna. The roundabout in front of the main gate of Governor's House has a statue of Rajendra Prasad - the first President of India. Desh Ratna Marg - Desh Ratna is an honorary title given to Rajendra Prasad