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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: 1 Anne Marg, 7, Race Course Road, Anugraha, Belvedere Estate, Bungalow on the Beach, Chief Minister's Camp Office, Cliff House (Kerala), Hyderabad House, Kerala House, Lakeview Guest House, Metcalfe House, Peterhoff, Shimla, Raj Bhavan, (Pachmarhi), Raj Bhavan, Darjeeling, Raj Bhavan (Andhra Pradesh), Raj Bhavan (Arunachal Pradesh), Raj Bhavan (Assam), Raj Bhavan (Bihar), Raj Bhavan (Chattisgarh), Raj Bhavan (Goa), Raj Bhavan (Gujarat), Raj Bhavan (Haryana), Raj Bhavan (Himachal Pradesh), Raj Bhavan (Jammu), Raj Bhavan (Jharkhand), Raj Bhavan (Karnataka), Raj Bhavan (Kerala), Raj Bhavan (Madhya Pradesh), Raj Bhavan (Mahabaleshwar), Raj Bhavan (Maharashtra), Raj Bhavan (Manipur), Raj Bhavan (Meghalaya), Raj Bhavan (Mizoram), Raj Bhavan (Nagaland), Raj Bhavan (Nagpur), Raj Bhavan (Ooty), Raj Bhavan (Orissa), Raj Bhavan (Pune), Raj Bhavan (Punjab), Raj Bhavan (Rajasthan), Raj Bhavan (Sikkim), Raj Bhavan (Srinagar), Raj Bhavan (Tamil Nadu), Raj Bhavan (Tripura), Raj Bhavan (Uttarakhand), Raj Bhavan (Uttar Pradesh), Raj Bhavan (West Bengal), Raj Niwas, Delhi, Raj Niwas, Pondicherry, Raj Niwas, Port Blair, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Rashtrapati Nilayam, Rashtrapati Niwas, The Retreat Building, Vice President House. Excerpt: Rashtrapati Bhavan (Hindi for Presidential House) is the official home of the President of India Pranab Mukherjee. As the plan for New Delhi was developed, the Governor-General's residence was given an enormous scale and prominent position. The British architect Edwin Landseer Lutyens, a major member of the city-planning process, was given the primary architectural responsibility. The palace developed very similarly to the original sketches which Lutyens sent Herbert Baker from Simla on June 14, 1912. Lutyens' design is grandly classical overall, with colours and details inspired by Indian architecture. Pranab Mukherjee, President of the Republic of IndiaMeanwhile, between 1911 and 1916, 300 families were evicted under the "1894 Land Acquisition Act" from Raisina and Malcha villages, thus clearing about 4,000 acres to begin the construction the Viceroy's House. Lutyens and Baker who had been assigned to work on the Viceroy's House and the Secretariats, began on friendly terms. Baker had been assigned to work on the two secretariat buildings which were in front of Viceroy's House. The original plan was to have Viceroy's House on the top of Raisina Hill, with the secretariats lower down. It was later decided to build 400 yards back, and put both buildings on top of the plateau. While Lutyens wanted the Viceroy's house to be higher, he was forced to move it back from the intended position, which resulted in a dispute with Baker. After completion, Lutyens argued with Baker, because the view of the front of the building was obscured by the high angle of the road. Cannon outside the entrance to Rashtrapati BhawanLutyens campaigned for its fixing, but was not able to get it to be changed. Lutyens wanted to make a long inclined grade all the way to Viceroy's house with retaining walls on either side. While this would give a view of the house from further back, it would also cut through the square between the secretariat buildings. The committee with Lutyens and Baker establ
