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New Delhi Inauguration & Vintage Car – Old Print 1927
This is an old 1927 newspaper clipping of New Delhi’s inauguration with a vintage car in the foreground. Lord Irwin the then Viceroy inaugurated New Delhi’s parliament that is visible in the background. The vintage car of the period shown in the foreground may have belonged to him. The text reads- The council house (parliament house) at New Delhi. Which has been opened in State by the Viceroy of India.
“The great circular colonnade encloses the chamber of Princes, the Council of State, and the legislative assembly, with a library under the central dome. The foundation stone was laid on February 12, 1921, by the Duke of Connaught. The architects of New Delhi are Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker.
See post- Inauguration Of Parliament Building Delhi – Old Photo 1929. Read also- 86 years ago: New Delhi took over as power capital of India.
Did you know- that the Indian Parliament initially had the chamber of princes until 1947, thereafter it was abolished and is today used as the library.
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