North Block, New Delhi

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government building heritage building office building

North Block, New Delhi is a prominent government building on Raisina Hill that houses key Indian ministries and forms part of the central administrative complex of the Government of India.

Aliases (2)

Secretariat Building, New Delhi ×2
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building → heritage building → office building →
architect	Herbert Baker →
architecturalStyle	Classical architecture elements → Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture →
associatedWith	British colonial architecture in India → Government of India →
city	New Delhi →
constructionPeriod	early 20th century →
coordinates	approximately 28.614°N 77.208°E →
country	India →
faces	South Block, New Delhi →
formsEnsembleWith	South Block, New Delhi →
function	seat of key ministries of the Government of India →
hasApproach	from Rajpath →
hasCategory	Buildings and structures in New Delhi → Government buildings in India →
hasFeature	chhatris → colonnades → courtyards → domes →
hasSecurity	high security government complex →
houses	Ministry of Finance (India) → Ministry of Home Affairs (India) → Prime Minister’s Office (historically, at various times) → other key ministries and departments of the Government of India →
locatedIn	Delhi → New Delhi →
locatedOn	Raisina Hill →
maintainedBy	Central Public Works Department →
materialUsed	cream sandstone → red sandstone →
near	Parliament House, New Delhi → Rashtrapati Bhavan → South Block, New Delhi →
overlooks	Rajpath →
ownedBy	Government of India →
partOf	Central Secretariat → central administrative complex of the Government of India →
region	National Capital Territory of Delhi →
significance	part of the ceremonial axis of New Delhi → symbol of the Indian central government →
usedFor	administrative offices → ministerial offices →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Department of Personnel and Training → MHA → Ministry of Home Affairs, India → Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India ("Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi") →	headquartersLocation
Herbert Baker ("Secretariat Building, New Delhi") → Herbert Baker →	designed
Herbert Baker ("Secretariat Building, New Delhi") → Herbert Baker →	notableWork
Union Home Minister →	locatedIn