Raisina village

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Raisina village was a former settlement in Delhi whose land was acquired and cleared during British rule to construct the central administrative area of New Delhi, including Raisina Hill and the Viceroy’s House (now Rashtrapati Bhavan).

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Raisina village canonical 1

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former village ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
administrativeSignificanceAfterDemolition site of central government institutions of India ⓘ
associatedWith shift of capital from Calcutta to Delhi ⓘ
urban planning of New Delhi ⓘ
clearedDuring British rule in India ⓘ
clearedForConstructionOf Raisina Hill ⓘ
Viceroy’s House ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy's House

central administrative area of New Delhi ⓘ
government buildings of New Delhi ⓘ
country India ⓘ
formerInhabitants displaced for construction of imperial capital ⓘ
historicalLocationOf Raisina Hill ⓘ
Rashtrapati Bhavan ⓘ
Viceroy’s House ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy's House
landAcquiredBy British colonial government in India ⓘ
locatedIn Delhi ⓘ
New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
notableFor its land forming the site of Rashtrapati Bhavan ⓘ
its role in the making of New Delhi ⓘ
partOfProject construction of New Delhi as capital of British India ⓘ
relatedEvent construction of the Viceroy’s House ⓘ
relatedPlace Raisina Hill ⓘ
Rajpath (now Kartavya Path) ⓘ
Rashtrapati Bhavan ⓘ
replacedBy Raisina Hill government complex ⓘ
linked to: Raisina Hill

central administrative district of New Delhi ⓘ
status no longer existing as a village ⓘ
timePeriodOfDemolition early 20th century ⓘ

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Raisina Hill → namedAfter → Raisina village ⓘ