The eviction of 17 families living for decades at the Kabul House, where Afghanistan's exiled king Mohd Yakub Khan lived from 1879 till his death in 1923, began on Thursday following a court order.
The historic building -- spread over 19 bighas of land and estimated to be worth more than ₹400 crore -- on EC Road in Dehradun was declared an "enemy property" after the Partition when the king's descendants migrated to Pakistan.
The eviction began following a 40-year legal battle between the district administration and the residents.
