Place    From 12/12/1911 

New Delhi

Categories: Property

Capital city of India. It succeeded Calcutta as the capital of the country. The foundation stone of the city was laid by George V, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911. It was designed by British architects, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. The photograph shows the Viceroy's Palace, now known as the Rashtrapati Bhavan, which is the official home of the Indian President.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
New Delhi

Commemorated ati

Edwin Lutyens - SW1

The relief sculpture, by Stephen Cox, is called 'Figure Emerging', and was in...

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William Leverton

William Leverton

Architect, builder and surveyor. Churchwarden at St Giles Church in 1800.

Person, Architecture, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
The Cedars

The Cedars

Former house owned by Lord Castleton. The home of Mary Fletcher from 1763 - 1768.

Building, Property

1 memorial
Royal Arsenal Riverside

Royal Arsenal Riverside

A residential, retail and leisure development of the former Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich.

Place, Property

4 memorials
Round Hill House

Round Hill House

In living memory this was "very run down and some kind of Labour Party social club."  Elsewhere: "The Sydenham and Forest Hill Social Club ... was in Round Hill House from the 1930s until, I suppos...

Building, Property

2 memorials
T. Rider and Sons

T. Rider and Sons

Builders active in 1975.

Group, Property

1 memorial