This historic building on the banks of the mighty Ganges dates back to the early 1800s. Known as Bungalow Number 5, it formed a part of the 150 acre estate of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the youngest son and heir of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who at the age of ten years was exiled from Lahore (Punjab) to Fatehgarh by the Britishers after the Second Anglo-Sikh War. Sir (Dr) John Spencer Login, a native of Orkney, Scotland, who served initially as a medical officer in the Bengal Army, was assigned as the guardian of the Maharaja and moved with him to Fatehgarh in 1850. Prior to moving to Fatehgarh, Dr Login, who was also in charge of the toshakhana (royal treasury), royal fort, Lahore, handed over the famed Kohinoor Diamond to the governor general. This bungalow was the official residence of Dr Login. The compound of this bungalow was amalgamated with other bungalows in the vicinity, to be called “Duleep Singh’s Estate”. Dr Login later named the estate as Fatehgarh Park.

The Maharaja, who lived in a house in this Estate, adopted Christianity on 8 march 1853, mainly due to the influence of Dr Login and Bhajan Lal, a convertee Christian, who also lived in the Estate.Dr and Lady Lena Login signed as witnesses to the baptism.Water for the baptism was brought from the Ganges nearby. Prior to his conversion, Maharaja Duleep Singh presented his hair as a gift to Lady Login at this very bungalow. Ranee Duknu, the Maharaja’s sister-in-law, with her family resided in the adjacent Bungalow Number 7.

After the mutiny of 1857, the officer commanding of the Fatehgarh Garrison lived here.