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4 [1] Grounds: 65,000 m 2 (700,000 sq ft) [2] Design and construction; Architect(s) Bimal Patel: Architecture firm: HCP Design, Planning and Management Pvt. Ltd. Main contractor: Tata Projects Ltd. Other information; Seating capacity: 1,272 (Lok Sabha chamber: 888 Rajya Sabha chamber: 384) Public transit access Central Secretariat: Website ...
The Old Parliament House, officially known as the Samvidhan Sadan (Constitution House), [1] [2] was the seat of the Imperial Legislative Council of India between 18 January 1927 and 15 August 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950, and the Parliament of India between 26 January 1950 and 18 September 2023.
The word "naya" was dropped in 1964 and a new denomination, the 3 paisa, was introduced into circulation. A 20 paisa coin was minted in 1968. Neither of these coins gained much popularity. The 1, 2 and 3 paisa coins were phased out gradually in the 1970s. In 1982, a new 2 rupee coin was introduced experimentally to replace 2 rupee notes.
A new parliament building called the Sansad Bhavan was inaugurated on 28 May 2023. [11] The old building, an 85-year-old structure suffers from inadequacy of space to house members and their staff and is thought to suffer from structural issues. The building also needs to be protected because of its heritage tag.
The next phase of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum opened on 26 July 2016, marking the completion of four years of presidency by Mukherjee. [15] Similar to the first phase, the second phase was also built at a cost of ₹ 80 crore (equivalent to ₹ 128 crore or US$15 million in 2023), in the location that was previously the garage for the ...
The Parliament Museum is a museum in the Parliament of India Library Building in New Delhi, close to the Sansad Bhavan. [2] It was inaugurated by then Speaker of Lok Sabha on 29 December 1989, in Parliament House Annexe, subsequently it shifted to its present in a Special Hall of the Sansadiya Gyanpeeth, Parliament Library Building, where it was inaugurated on 7 May 2002 by President of India ...
The Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat houses the most important offices and ministries of the Government of India.Situated at Raisina Hill, New Delhi, the Secretariat buildings are two blocks of symmetrical buildings (North Block and South Block) on opposite sides of the great axis of Kartavya Path, and flanking the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's House).
The circular Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi, home of India's parliament The circular plan of the Mitaoli temple is popularly supposed, without reliable evidence, to have inspired the architecture of India's Parliament House, the Sansad Bhavan , [ 62 ] [ 63 ] which was designed by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker in ...