Inauguration Of The New Parliament House Delhi, 1927 Photo
A 1927 news photo on the inauguration of the new Parliament House in Delhi. A parade of British Indian troops are seen in the photo. King George V had annouced the shifting of British India’s capital from Calcutta to New Delhi during the Delhi Durbar of 1911.
Two British architects, Edward Lutyens and Herbert Baker, were awarded the task of designing and developing the new capital. Lutyens had designed the Parliament building. It took six years to complete and was known as The Imperial Legislative Council.
There were three chambers consisting of the Council of State (later Rajya Sabha), Legislative Assembly (Lok Sabha), and Chamber of Princes (library). Although the building was inaugurated in 1927, the completed new capital city of New Delhi, was officially inaugurated in 1931. This is now the old parliament house and is officially known as the Samvidhan Sadan. It is today converted into museum of democracy. Click on the photo for better view.
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Did you know- the circumference of the Parliament building is around half a km, it has 144 pillars of 27 feet in height.
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