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The main entrance to Rashtrapati Bhavan is known as Gate 35, and is located on Prakash Vir Shastri Avenue, renamed from North Avenuein November 2002, as a memorial to the politician of the namesake who served here during his tenure as a Member of Parliament for the state of Uttar Pradesh.
The Mughal Garden in The Palace of India displays numerous types of flowers and is open to public in February every year.
No steel was used to construct The Palace of India.
The song Des Rangila from Fanaa was shot at Rashtrapati Bhavan including its rehearsal scenes.
Jaipur Column---The main structure is 640 feet wide and its sides are 540 feet deep (roughly 195 by 165 meters). The circumference at the base is a kilometere long. There is a vast court in front, T-shaped, with the horizontal line aligned with the front of the building. In the center of this jutting section stands the Jaipur Column, 145 feet(44.2 meters), topped by a bronze lotus from which rises a six-pointed glass star. The name of the column comes from the fact that its cost was borne by the Maharaja of Jaipur. An intresting details about the column is that inside the stone shaft runs a steel tube which tethers the lotus and the star, which weigh a little more than five tonnes, to a concrete block in the foundation.The British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger, known for his war memorials in Britain, designed the elephants on the corners of the retaining walls, as well as the bas-reliefs around the base of the Jaipur Column.
Banquet Hall
State Dinning Hall, now known as Banquet Hall. Can seat 104 persons. Portraits of all former Presidents embellish its walls. An assortment of medieval arms on display.
It is the largest residence of any Head of the State in the world.
- The Rashtrapathi Bhavan is situated in the Raisina Hills.It is built with redstones and it was the abode of The Viceroy to India in the past.It encompasses an area of 5 acres and was designed by the famous architect Edwin Leutins. It was decided to be finished in 4 years, but it look 17 years to complete and in the 18th year India got Independence as well.It has 340 rooms in it.
- Names of Presidents :-
2. Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) 13 May 1962 to 13 May 1967
3. Dr Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969
4. Shri Varahagiri Venkat Giri (1894-1980) 3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969 and 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974
5. Dr Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977) 24 August 1974 to 11 February 1977
6. Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996) 25 July 1977 to 25 July 1982
7. Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) 25 July 1982 to 25 July 1987
8. Shri R. Venkataraman (1910- ) 25 July 1987 to 25 July 1992
9. Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) 25 July 1992 to 25 July 19973
10. Shri K.R. Narayanan (1920-2005) 25 July 1997 to 25 July 2002
11. Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1931- ) 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007
12.Pratibhatai DeviSingh Patil (currently)
The role of The President's Bodyguard is twofold - Ceremonial and Operational. They are the personal troops of The President of India and hence form an integral part of all state functions. Operationally, The President's Bodyguard has always responded to the call of duty. The Regiment has seen action in various roles and battlefields ever since it was raised. Post Independence, the Bodyguard Armoured Cars were the first to be air lifted to Chushul. In 1965, the Regiment participated in 'OPERATIONAL ABLAZE'. Detachments of the Bodyguard have served in 'OPERATION PAWAN' in Sri Lanka with the Indian Peace Keeping Force and in 'OPERATION MEGHDOOT' on the Siachen Glacier. Detachments of the Bodyguard have also served overseas with the United Nations Peace Keeping Forces in Somalia, Angola and Sierra Leone.