 Built in 1829 as Palace Guest house of Travancore Government Guest, this heritage structure hosts the present governor of Kerala is Arif Muhammad Khan.The Kerala Raj Bhavan was originally constructed by Royal Government of Travancore as a guest palace to accommodate state guests and heads of states while on their official visits to Thiruvananthapuram.For a brief period from 1914 to 1918, the palace was used as War Office of Travancore Army and state armed forces during World War I.