On building a palace like none other, one tends to be particular about who one lets in. Since 1904, only a few have been deemed worthy of a higher order of hospitality.

Among them, The regents of Empire, a handful of statesmen, princelings; and few of the notable architects of history.

The world at large had been shut out of the Laxmi Niwas Palace.
Lutyens and Baker felt compelled to use it as the bulwark of
their style.

You may now actually go a step further.Reflect on the fact that exclusion sometimes makes a place what it is.