Vijay Chowk

New Delhi


Vijay Chowk marks the crossroads between Sansad Marg and Rajpath, close to the President's Palace.

Transportation

  • metro: Central Secretariat

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South Secretariat was designed by Herbert Baker and built in 1912; it houses government offices and is not open to the public.

2. North Secretariat

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Built in 1910 by the British, this monumental building still contains administrative government offices and is not open to the public.

3. Sansad Bhavan

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This circular, colonnaded building, designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, was where the 1947 handover of power from Britain to the newly…

4. Rajpath

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Rajpath (Kingsway) is a vast parade linking India Gate to the offices of the Indian government. Built on an imperial scale between 1914 and 1931, it was…

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7. Mughal Gardens

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8. National Philatelic Museum

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