The 5? by 2?-foot chest, whose ancestry is not known and which weighs more than several tonnes, lay buried below the wooden floor in the main corridor of the Raj Bhavan.
Bearing a copper plaque upon which is inscribed 'HOBBS, HART & Co. Ltd. Patentees and Manufacturers, London', the chest has aroused curiosity of all its high-profile custodians who had to leave at the end of their tenure knowing little of what lay inside.
Like his predecessors, Governor R S Mooshahary has tried every means to unlock the mystery inside the chest but failed.
"I am living here and I must know what is inside the chest. Previous Governors have tried to open it.