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Discuss the construction plan of New Delhi

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Answered by anantkumar72
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In 1911 ,the capital was shift from Calcutta to Delhi . A team of British architech lead by Sir Edwand Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker designed a new political and adminstrstive area known as New Delhi . They incoporated international and local architectural cocepts to create a style the fused West and East . New Delhi was a symbol of the imperial power of British . Lutyens planned New Delhi to have wide , tree lined avenes in contrast with the narrow lanes of the old city of Shahjanabad . Red and cream sandstones were used in construction of most buildings . Delhi consists of seven cities with New Delhi beind the eighth

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describe the construction plan of new delhi

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