The House Story

• Parliament house originally known as Council House.
• Planned initially as a part of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• In 1919, under Montague-Chelmsford reforms, designed as Indian Parliament.
• Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker.
• Various designs planned from triangular to a Roman Colosseum like.
• This paved way for its present circular design.
• It has more than 200 pillars and is 500 foot in diameter.
• Foundation stone laid on February 12, 1921.
• By Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria.
• Spread over six acres.
• It is 36 meters in height.
• It took 6 years to build.
• Lok Sabha chamber has a floor area of 446 square meters.
• Black marble used in columns of chambers of the two houses came from Gaya.
• White hued marble lining walls of Library Hall from Makrana.
• Teak and other wooden material for doors came from Assam and Burma.
• Rosewood brought from South India.
• Inaugurated on January 18, 1927
• Cost of Construction: 83 Lakh
• Parliament complex has 12 gates.
• Building in Pale and Red Dholpur Sandstone.