Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)

E19471

government building heritage structure parliament building

Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) is the circular, colonnaded building in New Delhi that serves as the seat of India’s national legislature.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Parliament House, New Delhi	32
Sansad Bhavan	11
Parliament House of India	3
Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi	3
Council House, New Delhi	2
Lok Sabha Chamber, Parliament House, New Delhi	2
Parliament House complex, New Delhi	2
Constituent Assembly Hall, New Delhi	1
Imperial Legislative Council House, New Delhi	1
Imperial Legislative Council building	1
Indian Parliament House	1
Parliament House of independent India	1
Rajya Sabha Chamber, Parliament House, New Delhi	1
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House of India)	1
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152375 — 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: Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
Context triple: [New Delhi, hasLandmark, Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)]

A. Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, a vast and iconic presidential palace complex located in New Delhi.
B. Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh
The Palace of Assembly in Chandigarh is a landmark modernist government building in India, renowned for its bold concrete architecture and symbolic design by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier.
C. Red Fort
The Red Fort is a historic 17th-century sandstone fortress in Delhi, India, that served as the main residence of Mughal emperors and now stands as a prominent symbol of India's heritage and independence.
D. Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial is a commemorative site in Amritsar, India, honoring the victims of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre and preserving the location’s historical significance.
E. India Gate
India Gate is a prominent war memorial in New Delhi, India, commemorating Indian soldiers who died in World War I and other conflicts.
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: Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
Target entity description: Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) is the circular, colonnaded building in New Delhi that serves as the seat of India’s national legislature.

A. Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, a vast and iconic presidential palace complex located in New Delhi.
B. Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh
The Palace of Assembly in Chandigarh is a landmark modernist government building in India, renowned for its bold concrete architecture and symbolic design by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier.
C. Red Fort
The Red Fort is a historic 17th-century sandstone fortress in Delhi, India, that served as the main residence of Mughal emperors and now stands as a prominent symbol of India's heritage and independence.
D. Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial is a commemorative site in Amritsar, India, honoring the victims of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre and preserving the location’s historical significance.
E. India Gate
India Gate is a prominent war memorial in New Delhi, India, commemorating Indian soldiers who died in World War I and other conflicts.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building ⓘ heritage structure ⓘ parliament building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Indian Parliament House ⓘ linked to: Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) Parliament House ⓘ
architect	Edwin Lutyens ⓘ Herbert Baker ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture ⓘ
builtDuring	British Raj ⓘ linked to: British India
constructionStartDate	1921-02-12 ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
currentUse	meeting place of the Parliament of India ⓘ
governingBody	Parliament of India ⓘ
hasChamber	Central Hall ⓘ Lok Sabha Chamber ⓘ linked to: Lok Sabha Rajya Sabha Chamber ⓘ linked to: Rajya Sabha
hasCommitteeRooms	parliamentary committee rooms ⓘ
hasEntrance	multiple ceremonial entrances ⓘ
hasFeature	central courtyard ⓘ colonnaded facade ⓘ colonnaded verandah ⓘ domed structure ⓘ three semicircular chambers ⓘ
hasGarden	circular garden courtyard ⓘ
hasLibrary	Parliament Library (within complex) ⓘ
hasSecurity	Parliament Security Service ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1927-01-18 ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Vista ⓘ Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
maintainedBy	Central Public Works Department ⓘ
materialUsed	cream sandstone ⓘ red sandstone ⓘ
nearby	India Gate ⓘ Rashtrapati Bhavan ⓘ
numberOfFloors	3 ⓘ
openedForUse	1927 ⓘ
originallyBuiltFor	Council House of the Imperial Legislative Council ⓘ
owner	Government of India ⓘ
partOf	Lutyens' Delhi ⓘ
servesAs	seat of the Lok Sabha ⓘ seat of the Parliament of India ⓘ seat of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
shape	circular ⓘ
symbolizes	Indian democracy ⓘ
usedFor	joint sittings of both Houses of Parliament ⓘ presidential addresses to Parliament ⓘ state ceremonies related to Parliament ⓘ

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Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Delhi → hasLandmark → Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ

subject linked to: New Delhi, India

Parliament of India → meetsIn → Parliament House, New Delhi ⓘ