Question

Write about the house of Parliament?​

Answer 1

The Parliament House (Hindi: Sansad Bhavan, transl. Parliament Building) in New Delhi is the seat of the Parliament of India. At a distance of 750 meters from Rashtrapati Bhavan, it is located on Sansad Marg which crosses the Central Vista and is surrounded by the India Gate, war memorial, prime minister's office and residence, ministerial buildings and other administrative units of Indian government. It houses the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha which represent lower and upper houses respectively in India's bicameral parliament.

Parliament House

Sansad Bhavan

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Parliament House, seen from Rajpath

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Former names

House of Parliament

Alternative names

Parliament Building

General information

Status

Functioning

Architectural style

Lutyens' Delhi

Address

Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India

Town or city

New Delhi

Country

India

Coordinates

28.617189°N 77.208084°E

Construction started

1921

Opened

1927

Owner

British India (1927-1947)

Government of India (1950-present)

Design and construction

Architect

Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker

Other information

Seating capacity

790

The building was designed by the British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker and was constructed between 1921 and 1927. It was opened in January 1927 as the seat of the Imperial Legislative Council. Following the end of British rule in India, it was taken over by the Constituent Assembly, and then by the Indian Parliament once India's Constitution came into force in 1950.[1]

In 2010s, a proposal was introduced to revamp Central Vista and re-build or relocate a number of administrative buildings which initiated a program expecting completion in 2024.[2] As India aims to expand the membership of its parliament, new parliament building is being built with a higher seating capacity of 1,350 members. The new building is expected to be functional in June 2022 while older one is planned to be turned into a museum thereafter.[3]