Question

speciality of rashtrapati bhavan

Answer 1

Rajpath in New Delhi, India. Rashtrapati Bhavan may refer to only the 340-room main building that has the president's official residence, including reception halls, guest rooms and offices, also called the mansion; it may also refer to the entire 130-hectare (320 acre) Presidential Estate that additionally includes huge presidential gardens (Mughal Gardens), large open spaces, residences of bodyguards and staff, stables, other offices and utilities within its perimeter walls. In terms of area, it is one of the largest residences of a head of state in the world

Answer 2

1. Rashtrapati Bhavan also known as Presidential palace is the second largest in the world after the Quirinal Palace, Rome, Italy.

2. Took 17 years for its completion as its construction was started in 1912 and completed in 1929, around 29,000 people have worked.

3. It has more than 300 rooms including the presidential office, guest rooms and staff rooms.

4. It has strength of 750 staff, of which 245 are in the President’s Secretariat.

5. It has been built using 700 million bricks and 3 million cubic feet of stones.

7. Before Independence it was formerly known as the Viceroy’s House and is the largest residence in India.