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The Sansad
Bhavan (English: Parliament
House)
is
the
seat
of
the Parliament
of
India,
which
contains
the Lok
Sabha and
the Rajya
Sabha located
in New
Delhi.Originally
called
the House
of
Parliament,
it
was
designed
by
the
British
architects Sir
Edwin
Lutyens and Sir
Herbert
Baker in
1912-1913
as
part
of
their
wider
mandate
to
construct
a
new
administrative
capital
city
for British
India.
Construction
of
the
Parliament
House
began
in
1921
and
it
was
completed
in
1927.
The
opening
ceremony
of
the
Parliament
House,
which
then
housed
the Imperial
Legislative
Council,
was
performed
on
18
January
1927
by Lord
Irwin, Viceroy
of
India.
The
third
session
of
Central
Legislative
Assembly
was
held
in
this
house
on
19
January
1927.[1]
Two
floors
were
added
to
the
structure
in
1956
due
to
a
demand
for
more
space.
The Parliament
Museum,
opened
in
2006,
stands
next
to
the
Parliament
House
in
the
building
of
the
Parliamentary
Library.The
perimeter
of
the
building
is
circular,
with
144
columns
on
the
outside.
At
the
centre
of
the
building
is
the
circular
Central
Chamber,
and
surrounding
this
Chamber
are
three
semicircular
halls
that
were
constructed
for
the
sessions
of
the Chamber
of
Princes (now
used
as
the
Library
Hall),
the State
Council (now
used
for
the Rajya
Sabha),
and
the Central
Legislative
Assembly (now
used
for
the Lok
Sabha).
The
building
is
surrounded
by
large
gardens
and
the
perimeter
is
fenced
off
by
sandstone
railings
(jali).On
13
December
2001,
the
building
of
the
Parliament
was
attacked
by
five Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists.
In
addition
to
all
the
attackers,
six
military
personnel
and
one
civilian
were
killed.
A
new
Parliament
building
may
replace
the
existing
complex.
The
new
building
is
being
considered
on
account
of
stability
concerns
about
the
current
complex.[4] A
committee
to
suggest
several
alternatives
to
the
current
building
has
been
set
up
by
ex-Speaker, Meira
Kumar.
The
present
building,
an
85-year-old
structure,
suffers
from
inadequacy
of
space
to
house
members
and
their
staff
and
is
thought
to
suffer
from
structural
issues.
The
building
also
needs
to
be
protected
because
of
its
heritage.[5] On
August
5,
2019,
the
Vice
President
and
Chairman
of
Rajya
Sabha Venkaiah
Naidu proposed
to
Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi to
have
a
new
building
for
the
Parliament.
In
January
2020, Lok
Sabha
speaker Om
Birla announced
that
parliament
will
be
holding
its
sessions
in
a
new
building
in
2022
when
country
would
celebrating
its
75th
independence
day.
Renovation
of
the
central
vista
from Rashtrapati
Bhavan to India
Gate is
also
underway.[6]
The
proposed
Lok
Sabha
chamber
is
expected
to
have
increased
seating
capacity
to
accommodate
more
members
as
number
of
MPs
may
increase
with
India's
population
and
consequent
future
delimitation.
The
Lok
Sabha
may
need
to
have
848
members
by
2026.
The
new
complex
will
be
able
to
house
900
Lok
Sabha
MPs
and
1350
members
in
total.
According
to Bimal
Patel,
the
architect
in
charge
of
the
redesign
of
Central
Vista,
the
new
complex
is
likely
to
have
a
triangular
shape.
It
will
be
built
next
to
the
existing
complex
and
will
be
much
bigger
than
former
one.
The
North
and
South
Blocks
of
the Secretariat
Building,
which
currently
houses
ministries
will
be
converted
into
museums.
The
relocation
of
the
Prime
Minister's
Office
and
other
ministries
and
a
redesign
of
Rajpath
will
take
place.
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