Editing New Delhi (section)

== Cityscape ==
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[[File:Rashtrapati Bhavan (Dehli).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] is the official residence of the [[President of India]].]]
Much of New Delhi, planned by the leading 20th-century British architect [[Edwin Lutyens]], was laid out to be the central administrative area of the city as a testament to Britain's imperial ambitions. New Delhi is structured around two central [[promenade]]s called the [[Rajpath]] and the [[Janpath]]. The Rajpath, or King's Way, stretches from the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] to the [[India Gate]]. The [[Janpath]] ({{langx|hi|राजपथ|lit=Path of the People|links=no}}), formerly Queen's Way, begins at [[Connaught Circus]] and cuts the Rajpath at right angles. Nineteen foreign embassies are located on the nearby Shantipath ({{langx|hi|शांतिपथ|lit=Path of Peace|links=no}}), making it the largest diplomatic enclave in India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Embassies in Delhi, Embassies Address, Contacts, E-Mail, Delhi Embassies |url=https://www.delhionline.in/city-guide/embassies-in-delhi/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506131932/https://www.delhionline.in/city-guide/embassies-in-delhi/ |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=4 November 2008 |publisher=Delhionline.in}}</ref>

At the heart of the city is the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhavan (formerly known as Viceroy's House) which sits atop [[Raisina Hill]]. The Secretariat, which houses ministries of the government of India, flanks out of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Parliament House, designed by Herbert Baker, is located at the Sansad Marg, which runs parallel to the Rajpath. [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]] is a large, circular commercial area in New Delhi, modelled after the [[Royal Crescent]] in England. Twelve separate roads lead out of the outer ring of Connaught Place, one of them being the Janpath.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

=== Architecture ===
The New Delhi town plan, like its architecture, was chosen with one single chief consideration: to be a symbol of British power and supremacy.<ref name="Millennium New Delhi">{{Cite book |title=The Millennium Book on New Delhi |publisher=Oxford University Press, US |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-19-565445-5}}</ref><ref name="New Delhi birth controversy">{{Cite web |title=New Delhi's controversial birth |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/new-delhis-controversial-birth-566998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227143415/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/new-delhis-controversial-birth-566998 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |access-date=10 March 2012 |publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref> All other decisions were subordinate to this, and it was this framework that dictated the choice and application of symbology and influences from both Hindu and Islamic architecture.<ref name="Millennium New Delhi" />

It took about 20 years to build the city from 1911.<ref name="Construction New Delhi">{{Cite news |date=30 January 2012 |title=The Building of New Delhi |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/11/16/the-building-of-new-delhi/ |url-status=live |access-date=4 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804131621/https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/11/16/the-building-of-new-delhi/ |archive-date=4 August 2020}}</ref> Many elements of New Delhi architecture borrow from indigenous sources; however, they fit into a British Classical/[[Palladian architecture|Palladian]] tradition. The fact that there were any indigenous features in the design was due to the persistence and urging of both the Viceroy [[Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|Hardinge]] and historians like [[Ernest Binfield Havell|E.B. Havell]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

In the year 2019, [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs]] and [[Government of India]] introduced the Central Vista redevelopment project proposing the redevelopment of over {{Convert|440|ha}},<ref name="Central Vista ND">{{Cite news |date=21 November 2020 |title=Diversity, efficiency, flexibility: The brief for redeveloping New Delhi's Central Vista |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/central-vista-project-new-delhi-dr-bimal-patel-parliament-prime-minister-office-rajpath-6212011/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123150402/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/central-vista-project-new-delhi-dr-bimal-patel-parliament-prime-minister-office-rajpath-6212011/ |archive-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> costing {{INRConvert|20000|c|lk=on|year=2020}}.<ref name="Central Vista ND2">{{Cite news |date=21 November 2020 |title=Centre to SC: Rs 20,000 Crore Central Vista project saves money, not wastes it |work=[[National Herald]] |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/centre-to-sc-rs-20000-crore-central-vista-project-saves-money-not-wastes-it |url-status=live |access-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414224840/https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/centre-to-sc-rs-20000-crore-central-vista-project-saves-money-not-wastes-it |archive-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>