South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi

E100857

government building complex office building

South Block on Raisina Hill in New Delhi is a prominent government building complex that houses key offices of India’s central administration, including the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of External Affairs.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
South Block, New Delhi	19
South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi canonical	7
South Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi	3
Prime Minister's residence, New Delhi	1
South Block area of New Delhi	1
South Block, Raisina Hill	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T867627 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
Context triple: [Prime Minister's Office of India, location, South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi]

A. North Block, New Delhi
North Block, New Delhi is a prominent government building on Raisina Hill that houses key Indian ministries and forms part of the central administrative complex of the Government of India.
B. Birla House, New Delhi
Birla House in New Delhi is a historic residence-turned-memorial most widely known as the site where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.
C. Shantivan, New Delhi
Shantivan, New Delhi is a memorial site and landscaped park on the banks of the Yamuna River dedicated to India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
D. Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) is the circular, colonnaded building in New Delhi that serves as the seat of India’s national legislature.
E. Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, a vast and iconic presidential palace complex located in New Delhi.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
Target entity description: South Block on Raisina Hill in New Delhi is a prominent government building complex that houses key offices of India’s central administration, including the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of External Affairs.

A. North Block, New Delhi
North Block, New Delhi is a prominent government building on Raisina Hill that houses key Indian ministries and forms part of the central administrative complex of the Government of India.
B. Birla House, New Delhi
Birla House in New Delhi is a historic residence-turned-memorial most widely known as the site where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.
C. Shantivan, New Delhi
Shantivan, New Delhi is a memorial site and landscaped park on the banks of the Yamuna River dedicated to India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
D. Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) is the circular, colonnaded building in New Delhi that serves as the seat of India’s national legislature.
E. Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, a vast and iconic presidential palace complex located in New Delhi.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building complex ⓘ office building ⓘ
adjacentTo	North Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi ⓘ linked to: North Block, New Delhi
architect	Herbert Baker ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Classical architecture elements ⓘ Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in New Delhi ⓘ Government buildings in India ⓘ Seats of national governments ⓘ
constructionStart	1911 ⓘ
context	part of the Central Vista of New Delhi ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
elevation	Raisina Hill plateau ⓘ linked to: Raisina Hill
faces	Kartavya Path ⓘ linked to: Rajpath (Kartavya Path)
function	administrative headquarters for India’s central government ministries ⓘ seat of key offices of the Government of India ⓘ
governingBody	Government of India ⓘ
hasFeature	colonnades ⓘ courtyards ⓘ domes ⓘ sandstone façade ⓘ
hasSecurity	Delhi Police security arrangements ⓘ Special Protection Group presence ⓘ
housesOffice	Ministry of Defence of India ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Defence (India) Ministry of External Affairs of India ⓘ Prime Minister’s Office of India ⓘ linked to: Prime Minister's Office of India
inaugurationDate	1931 ⓘ
locatedIn	Delhi ⓘ India ⓘ New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India Raisina Hill ⓘ
near	North Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi ⓘ linked to: North Block, New Delhi Rashtrapati Bhavan ⓘ
overlooks	Rajpath (Kartavya Path) ⓘ
partOf	Central Secretariat ⓘ Lutyens’ Delhi ⓘ linked to: Lutyens' Delhi
region	National Capital Territory of Delhi ⓘ
roadAccess	South Block Road ⓘ
symbolizes	executive authority of the Government of India ⓘ
usedBy	Minister of Defence of India ⓘ Minister of External Affairs of India ⓘ Prime Minister of India ⓘ
usedFor	executive functions of the Union Government of India ⓘ

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