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10 December 2020: The foundation stone of the new parliament building is laid. [9] [11] 11 July 2022: A statue of the country's national emblem is unveiled on the top of the new Parliament building. [53] [54] 28 August 2022: The main structure of the new Parliament is completed. [55] 20 May 2023: Construction is fully completed. [citation needed]
The Parliament building alone took six years to construct, from laying the foundation stone on 12 February 1921 to the inauguration by then Viceroy Lord Irwin on 18 January 1927. [6] After Independence in 1947, it became the seat of the government of the new Republic. The Parliament campus was declared a heritage precinct in the 1962 Master ...
Opening date 2 October 1993 The Statue of Mahatma Gandhi is a 16-foot (4.9 m) tall bronze statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi located in the precincts of the Parliament House of India in New Delhi .
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The construction of a new parliament building, as well as redeveloping the Rajpath will create a new office and residence for the Indian prime minister, as well as combining all ministerial buildings in a single central secretariat. [18] The ceremony for the new building was held in October 2020 and the foundation stone was laid on 10 December ...
President Joe Biden is sworn in during the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.
The Sengol (Tamil: செங்கோல்) is a gold-plated, silver sceptre that is installed in New Parliament House in New Delhi, India. [1] The sceptre was originally gifted to Jawaharlal Nehru , the first Prime Minister of India , by a Tamil Adheenam in a religious ceremony on the evening before the Independence of India in 1947.
The tradition, he adds, dates back to the 1600s, “when relations between the Crown and Parliament were fractious, leading to Civil War and, in January 1649, the execution of King Charles I.”