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' Presidential Palace '; formerly Viceroy's House (1931–1947) and Government House (1947–1950)) is the official residence of the president of India at the western end of Rajpath, Raisina Hill in New Delhi. It was constructed during the British Raj.
Viceroy's House is a 2017 historical drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha and written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini, and Chadha. [4] The film stars Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, and Michael Gambon. [5] It was selected to be screened out of competition at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. [6]
Viceregal Lodge, formerly known as The Rashtrapati Niwas (lit. ' President's Residence '), is located on the Observatory Hills of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. [1] [2] [3] It was formerly the residence of the British Viceroy of India.
When India and Pakistan attained independence at midnight of 14–15 August 1947, Mountbatten was alone in his study at the Viceroy's house saying to himself just before the clock struck midnight that for still a few minutes, he was the most powerful man on Earth.
The Governor-General of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the emperor or empress of India and after Indian independence in 1947, the representative of the monarch of India.
Chapelizod House, County Dublin (1680s) Residences of the Viceroy of India. Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla (1888) Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi; "Viceroy's House" 1931–50; Viceregal Lodge, New Delhi (1912 - 1931), now residence of Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi
In October 1925, Lord Birkenhead, Secretary of State for India, offered Wood the job of Viceroy of India at the suggestion of King George V. His paternal grandfather Sir Charles Wood had been Secretary of State for India in 1859–1865. He almost declined, as he had two sons of school age and his aged father seemed unlikely to live until 1931 ...
The Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat houses the most important offices and ministries of the Government of India.Situated at Raisina Hill, New Delhi, the Secretariat buildings are two blocks of symmetrical buildings (North Block and South Block) on opposite sides of the great axis of Kartavya Path, and flanking the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's House).