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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 new structure is spread on area of 20,866 metres (68,458 ft) and have a built-up area of 694,270 sq ft (64,500 m 2), throughout four floors (16,125 m 2 (173,570 sq ft) each floor) and have a larger seating capacity than the current building as India aims to expand its parliament in 2026. The new Rajya Sabha hall has a capacity of 384 seats ...
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. Designed by Ram V. Sutar, it was inaugurated in 1993, and has become iconic as a site for protest by members of the Indian Parliament. [1]
The Old Parliament House (Samvidhan Sadan) is located in New Delhi. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, who were made responsible for the planning and construction of New Delhi by the British government, as the home of the Central Legislative Assembly, the Council of State, and the Chamber of Princes.
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 Supreme Court of India was designed by Ganesh Bhikaji Deolalikar in the same style as that of the other major buildings in Lutyens' Delhi. However, modernist architecture became prevalent in Delhi as well as all over India, especially after the influence of Le Corbusier .
The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Parliament House, New Delhi. The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552 (Initially, in 1950, it was 500.) Currently, the house has 543 seats which are filed by the election of up to 543 elected members. The new parliament has a seating capacity of 888 for Lok ...
Sunita Kohli is an Indian interior designer, architectural restorer and furniture manufacturer.She had restored and decorated Rashtrapati Bhavan (the President's House), Parliament House Colonnade (1985–1989), the Prime Minister's Office and Hyderabad House in New Delhi.