Vistas of India: Oracles in Tourism (In 2 Vols.)
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1st. Ed.
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xxxii+315p, xxxii+472p., Colour & b/w Plates; Tables; 29 cm.
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Who lives at Rashtrapati Bhavan? Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India. Whom was it originally built for? It was originally built for the British Viceroy who needed a place to stay when the capital of the Raj was shifted from Kolkata to Delhi. However, the construction dragged on for several years and the viceroy could move into it only in 1992. Who were the architects? Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker. It was built at a cost of 14 ...