Sir Edwin Lutyens conceived of a modern imperial city centred around a "ceremonial axis", such axis being the large boulevard now called the Rajpath. Lutyens wanted a panoramic view of the city of Delhi from the viceregal palace. Consequently, the view from Raisina Hill runs unhindered across Rajpath and the India Gate, and is obstructed only by the National Stadium. 

 The avenue is lined on both sides by huge lawns, canals and rows of trees. Considered to be one of the most important roads in India, it is where the annual Republic Day parade takes place on 26 January. Rajpath runs in east-west direction. After climbing Raisina Hill, Rajpath is flanked by the North and South Blocks of the Secretariat Building. Finally it ends at the gates of Rashtrapati Bhavan.   

Central Vista Redevelopment Project refers to the ongoing redevelopment to revamp the Central Vista, India's central administrative area located near Raisina Hill, New Delhi. The design contract was won by Bimal Patel led HCP Design Planning and Management of Ahmedabad, Gujarat in October 2019.

The ceremonial boulevard that runs from Rashtrapati Bhavan on Raisina Hill through Vijay Chowk and India Gate, National War Memorial to National Stadium in New Delhi.

Rajpath

The Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India located at the western end of Rajpath in New Delhi, India. The 340-room main building has the president's official residence, including reception halls, guest rooms and offices, also called the mansion; as part of a 320-acre Presidential Estate that additionally includes the presidential gardens, large open spaces, residences of bodyguards and staff, stables, other offices and utilities within its perimeter walls. In terms of area, it is the largest residence of any head of state in the world. 

Rashtrapati Bhawan

Spread over a vast expanse of 15 acres, the Gardens  draw their inspiration from the Mughal Gardens of Jammu and Kashmir, the greenscape around the Taj Mahal and even miniature paintings of India and Persia. Sir Edwin Lutyens had finalized the designs by 1917, however, it was only during the year 1928-1929 that plantings were done. His collaborator for the gardens was Director of Horticulture, William Mustoe. Like the building of Rashtrapati Bhavan have two different styles of architecture, Indian and western, similarly, Sir Lutyens brought together two different horticulture traditions together for the gardens, the Mughal style and the English flower garden. Mughal canals, terraces and flowering shrubs are blended with European flowerbeds, lawns and private hedges. 

Mughal Gardens

 The war memorial is located astride the Rajpath, on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi. It stands as a memorial to 90,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who died in between 1914 and 1921 in the First World War, in France, Flanders, Mesopotamia, Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli and elsewhere in the Near and the Far East, and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. 13,300 servicemen's names, including some soldiers and officers from the United Kingdom, are inscribed on the gate. India Gate is counted amongst the largest war memorials in India and every Republic Day, the Prime Minister visits the gate to pay their tributes to the Amar Jawan Jyoti, following which the Republic Day parade starts. Today, the India Gate is often a location for civil society protests. 

India Gate

 The Jaipur Column is a monumental column in the middle of the courtyard in front of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the presidential residence in New Delhi, Delhi, India. In 1912 Madho Singh II, the Maharaja of Jaipur, offered to sponsor its construction to commemorate the 1911 Delhi Durbar and the transfer of the capital of India from Kolkata to New Delhi. 

Jaipur Column

 The building was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and it is said that he designed it on a train from Bombay in 1921. The construction of the building began in 1928 and it is said that it took 15 years to complete the edifice. 

 Baroda House, as the name suggests was built for the Maharaja of Baroda, Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. Fashioned after the other buildings in Lutyen's Delhi, the building features elements such as a dome inspired by Sanchi Stupa and semi-circular arches. Today, the Baroda House houses the Zonal headquarters of the Northern Railway after it was taken over by the government after Independence. 

Baroda House

Less well known is Bikaner House, for which Lutyens did the original drawings were never used for the building. 

 Spread over an 8-acre plot in Lutyens' Delhi, The Bikaner House was designed as a residential property for the Maharaja of Bikaner by Charles G Blomfield. The Bikaner House is more like a bungalow than a palace and is built-in Edwardian Neo-Classic style. 

Bikaner House

 Statesman House derives its name from &lsquo;The Statesman` newspaper, which has its office in the building. The Stateman House is a high-rise building with a circular plan at the bottom which ends up to a segment of a circle. With a height of 72 meter and a total built up area of 29,600 square meters, it features a number of small, medium, and large-scale companies. 

Statesman House

 Built at the cost of about 200,000 GBP and completed in 1928, it did not please the Nizam's two sons who found its appearance too western for their taste. 

 Hyderabad House was built for Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad by Sir Edwin Lutyen. After Indian independence in 1947, the palace was taken over by the Indian Government from the Nizam. Standing gracefully on the Ashoka Road, it is currently used by the Government of India for banquets and meetings for visiting foreign dignitaries.  

Hyderabad House

 The Maharaja of Jaipur&rsquo;s Delhi residence was Jaipur House, located at the end of the Rajpath. The house was given to the state of Jaipur in exchange for land gained for the construction of Lutyens' Delhi. Built as the royal house of Bikaner by Charles Blomfield, this was the site for many meetings of the Chamber of Princes pre-Independence.  

 It now houses the National Gallery for Modern Art and aims to acquire and preserve works of art from 1857 onwards. The art collection of the NGMA is vast and established by the Ministry of Culture.. The 17,000 works within it testify to a rich and resplendent past even as they pay tribute to the present. Its treasures span miniature paintings to modernist interventions and contemporary expressions.  

National Gallery of Modern Art

<p>Named after the prominent British architect, Lutyens' Delhi is an upscale urban district surrounding the picturesque Presidential Estate, the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The area was constructed after the British imperial regime decided to move the capital of their Indian Empire from Calcutta to New Delhi. It is home to the Capital's government offices, including the grand Parliament of India, the Secretariat, residences for high-ranking ministers and museums. The area also has many historic monuments such as India Gate. </p><p>Sir Edwin Lutyens used Edwardian architecture (1901-1910), light sandstone colors and decorative patterns. The Neo-Classical era paired with India`s Mughal and Buddhist heritage inspired Lutyens`s Delhi, the &ldquo;Eighth City&rdquo; of Delhi. Lutyens invented his own &ldquo;Delhi Order&rdquo; of neo-Classical columns that fuse Greek and Indian elements. Lutyens`s Delhi consists of straight and diagonal hexagonal patterns of broad tree-lined avenues with extensive green spaces and wide vistas.</p>

Lutyens' Delhi

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