Birla House, New Delhi

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historic house memorial museum tourist attraction

Birla House in New Delhi is a historic residence-turned-memorial most widely known as the site where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Birla House	4
Birla Bhavan	2
Birla House, New Delhi canonical	2
Birla House New Delhi	1
बिरला भवन	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T153009 — 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: Birla House, New Delhi
Context triple: [Nathuram Godse, locationOfAssassination, Birla House, New Delhi]

A. 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.
B. Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, a vast and iconic presidential palace complex located in New Delhi.
C. 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.
D. National Museum, New Delhi
The National Museum in New Delhi is one of India’s largest and most important museums, housing extensive collections that span 5,000 years of the subcontinent’s art, history, and cultural heritage.
E. 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.
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: Birla House, New Delhi
Target entity description: Birla House in New Delhi is a historic residence-turned-memorial most widely known as the site where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.

A. 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.
B. Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, a vast and iconic presidential palace complex located in New Delhi.
C. 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.
D. National Museum, New Delhi
The National Museum in New Delhi is one of India’s largest and most important museums, housing extensive collections that span 5,000 years of the subcontinent’s art, history, and cultural heritage.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic house ⓘ memorial ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Birla Bhavan ⓘ linked to: Birla House, New Delhi Gandhi Smriti ⓘ
architecturalStyle	bungalow-style residence ⓘ
associatedWith	Indian independence movement ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi’s final prayer meetings ⓘ non-violence movement ⓘ
category	Historic sites in India ⓘ Houses in New Delhi ⓘ Memorials to Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Museums in Delhi ⓘ
cityDistrict	Lutyens' Delhi ⓘ
dateOfSignificantEvent	30 January 1948 ⓘ
formerOwner	Birla family ⓘ Ghanshyam Das Birla ⓘ
hasExhibition	multimedia displays on Gandhi’s life ⓘ permanent exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
hasFeature	eternal flame memorial ⓘ martyrdom spot of Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ museum on life of Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ photographs and personal belongings of Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ preserved last steps of Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
hasGarden	yes ⓘ
hasMemorialTo	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected site ⓘ
inceptionAsMemorial	1970s ⓘ
locatedIn	Delhi ⓘ New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
locatedInCountry	India ⓘ
namedAfter	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operatedBy	Government of India ⓘ Ministry of Culture, Government of India ⓘ
significantEvent	Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ linked to: assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (aftermath)
streetAddress	5, Tees January Marg ⓘ
subjectOf	heritage tourism in Delhi ⓘ
timePeriodOfUseAsResidenceByGandhi	1947–1948 ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
use	national memorial ⓘ public museum ⓘ residence of Mahatma Gandhi during his last days ⓘ

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