Rashtrapati Bhavan turns 80
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A postage stamp to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the commissioning on Rashtrapati Bhavan has been released.It has been 80 years since the then Governor General of India, Lord Irwin became its first occupant. The Viceroy’s House christened as Rashtrapati Bhavan on 26 January 1950 was snor General of India. Construction began in 1913 on 130 hectares of land to build the 340 room building spread over 200,000 square feet.The use of pink sandstone and Dholpur buff or cream stone establishes the kinship of Rashtrapati Bhavan with Mughal and Rajpur edifices. The most outstanding feature of the House, the large Neo-Buddhist Dome that rises over a vast frontage pays homage to the Stupa at Sanchi. Another typical Mughal edifice is the use of projecting cornice or Chajjas, Chattries and Jallies. The Mughal Garden, as its name indicates, has the geometric decorum of the gardens at Taj Mahal and Shalimar Gardens at Srinagar. The building was constructed with some 700 million bricks, 3 million cubic feet of stone and very little steel.
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