The Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat is where the Cabinet Secretariat is housed, which administers the Government of India.Built in the 1910s, it is home to some of the most important ministries of the Cabinet of India.Situated at Raisina Hill, New Delhi, the Secretariat buildings are two blocks of symmetrical buildings (North Block and South Block) on opposite …

Jantar Mantar is located in the modern city of New Delhi. “Jantar Mantar” literally means “instruments for measuring the harmony of the heavens”. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments. The site is one of five built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1723 onwards, revising the calendar and astronomical tables.Jai Singh, born in 1688 into a royal Rajput family …

Rajpath, officially named Kartavya Path, and formerly known as Kingsway, is a ceremonial boulevard in New Delhi, India, that runs from Rashtrapati Bhavan on Raisina Hill through Vijay Chowk and India Gate, National War Memorial to National Stadium, Delhi.The avenue is lined on both sides by huge lawns, canals and rows of trees. Considered to be one of the most …

New Delhi (/ ˈ d ɛ l i / (), Hindi: [ˈnəiː ˈdɪlːiː] Naī Dillī) is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House, and the Supreme Court of India.New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administrated by the NDMC, which covers ...

The Parliament House (IAST: Sansad Bhavan) in New Delhi is the seat of the Parliament of India.Its houses the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha which represent lower and upper houses respectively in India's bicameral parliament.. At a distance of 750 meters from the Rashtrapati Bhavan, it is located on Sansad Marg which crosses the Central Vista and is surrounded by …

The Rashtrapati Bhavan (pronunciation (help · info), rāsh-truh-puh-ti bha-vun; lit. 'Presidential Palace '; originally Viceroy's House and later Government House) is the official residence of the President of India at the western end of Rajpath, Raisina Hill, New Delhi, India. Rashtrapati Bhavan may refer to only the 340-room main building that has the president's official …

The Qutub Minar is located in Qutb complex, Mehrauli in South Delhi.It was built by Qutub-ud-din Aibak of the Slave Dynasty, founder of the Delhi Sultanate, started construction of the Qutub Minar's first storey around 1192. In 1220, Aibak's successor and son-in-law Iltutmish completed a further three storeys. In 1369, a lightning strike destroyed the top storey.

A new triangular building to house the Parliament of India will be built beside the existing structure as the first building under the project. The new structure will be spread on area of 20,866 metres (68,458 ft) and will have a built-up area of 694,270 sq ft (64,500 m 2), throughout four floors (16,125 m 2 (173,570 sq ft) each floor) and will have a larger seating capacity than …

The Ministry of External Affairs (abbreviated as MEA; Hindi: विदेश मंत्रालय, romanized: Videśa Mantrālaya) of India is the government agency responsible for implementing Indian foreign policy.The Ministry of External Affairs is headed by the Minister of External Affairs, a Cabinet Minister.The Foreign Secretary, an Indian Foreign Service officer, is the most senior ...

History Origins. UNESCO and its mandate for international cooperation can be traced back to a League of Nations resolution on 21 September 1921, to elect a Commission to study the feasibility of having nations freely share cultural, educational and scientific achievements. This new body, the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation (ICIC), was created in 1922 and …