Central Hall

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Central Hall is the large, domed central chamber of the Indian Parliament complex where joint sittings of both houses and significant national events are held.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Central Hall canonical 2
Central Hall of Parliament House 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hall
legislative chamber
accessRestrictedTo authorized visitors
members of Parliament
architecturalFeature large dome
architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture
connectedBy corridors to Lok Sabha Chamber
corridors to Rajya Sabha Chamber
country India
designedBy Edwin Lutyens
Herbert Baker
event adoption of the Constitution of India on 26 November 1949
first sitting of the Constituent Assembly of India
midnight session marking India’s independence on 15 August 1947
function venue for joint sittings of both houses of Parliament of India
governedBy Parliament of India
hasArtwork portraits of former Presidents of India
portraits of freedom fighters
portraits of prominent Indian leaders
hasFeature central podium
galleries for visitors and media
hasSeatingArrangement seating for members of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
heritageStatus part of heritage complex of Parliament House
inception 1927
locatedIn New Delhi, India
surface form: New Delhi

Parliament House
surface form: Parliament House Estate
maintainedBy Lok Sabha Secretariat
Secretariat of the Rajya Sabha
surface form: Rajya Sabha Secretariat
nearbyStructure Lok Sabha
surface form: Lok Sabha Chamber

Rajya Sabha
surface form: Rajya Sabha Chamber
openedForUse 1927
ownership Government of India
partOf Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
surface form: Parliament House, New Delhi
primaryLanguageUsed English
Hindi
securityManagedBy Parliament Security Service
significance symbolic center of Indian parliamentary democracy
venue for adoption of the Constitution of India
venue for presidential addresses to joint sessions of Parliament
venue for significant national events
usedBy Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
usedFor addresses by the President of India to Parliament
ceremonial functions of national importance
meetings of members of Parliament

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) hasChamber Central Hall
subject surface form: Sansad Bhavan
Constituent Assembly of India meetsIn Central Hall
this entity surface form: Central Hall of Parliament House
Parliament House hasPart Central Hall