Viceroy's House, New Delhi

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government residence historic building landmark

Viceroy's House, New Delhi is a grand colonial-era government residence, now known as Rashtrapati Bhavan, designed by architect Edwin Lutyens as the centerpiece of New Delhi.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Viceroy’s House, New Delhi	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government residence ⓘ historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ
architect	Edwin Lutyens NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian independence ⓘ
axisWith	India Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityPlanningRole	centerpiece of the plan for New Delhi ⓘ
coDesigner	Herbert Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedBy	British Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEnd	1929 ⓘ
constructionStart	1912 ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
currentFunction	official residence of the President of India ⓘ
currentName	Rashtrapati Bhavan NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerName	Viceroy's House NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	residence of the Viceroy of India ⓘ
hasFeature	ceremonial halls ⓘ colonnaded facades ⓘ large central dome ⓘ mughal-style gardens ⓘ
hasGarden	Amrit Udyan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mughal Gardens NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWing	durbar halls ⓘ guest suites ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ
heritageStatus	important heritage building of India ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1931 ⓘ
inception	1912 ⓘ
locatedIn	Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
locatedOn	Raisina Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	sandstone ⓘ
near	North Block NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament House, New Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ South Block NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfRooms	300+ ⓘ
overlooks	Rajpath NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Lutyens' Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	symbol of British imperial power in India ⓘ
renamedAs	Rashtrapati Bhavan NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamingYear	1950 ⓘ
style	Classical architecture ⓘ Edwardian Baroque architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Saracenic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	official receptions ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ swearing-in ceremonies of Indian presidents and governments ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Landseer → notableWork → Viceroy's House, New Delhi ⓘ

subject surface form: Edwin Landseer Lutyens

Lady Pamela Hicks → associatedWith → Viceroy's House, New Delhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Viceroy’s House, New Delhi

Winifred Selina Sturt → associatedWith → Viceroy's House, New Delhi ⓘ

Executive Council of the Viceroy → seatOfGovernment → Viceroy's House, New Delhi ⓘ