10, Janpath is a public-owned house on

Janpath Janpath (meaning People's Path, formerly known as Queensway), is one of the main roads in New Delhi. It starts out as Radial Road 1 in Connaught Place, adjacent to Palika Bazaar, and runs north–south perpendicular to, and past Rajpath ...

. At the time of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991, while he was campaigning for a second term as Prime Minister of India, 10, Janpath was his official residence, although he lived at

7, Lok Kalyan Marg 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, formerly 7, Race Course Road, is the official residence and principal workplace of the Prime Minister of India. Situated on ''Lok Kalyan Marg'', New Delhi, the official name of the Prime Minister's residence complex is ''P ...

while he was Prime Minister. 10, Janpath remains the residence of his widow

Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi ('' née'' Maino; born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician. She is the longest serving president of the Indian National Congress, a social democratic political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independ ...

, who is a former President of Indian National Congress party. The national headquarters of

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(INC) is right behind it on 24,

Akbar Road Akbar Road is a Highway, main road, in central New Delhi, India. At the north-east end it stretches from the India Gate roundabout. At the south-west end it stretches up to the Teen Murti roundabout. The roundabout leads to Lok Kalyan Marg, Rajaj ...

. It was the residence of India's second Prime Minister,

Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri (; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963. He promoted the White Re ...

(1964–1966) and where his body lay in state on 11 January 1966. Today his biographical museum, ''Lal Bhadur Shastri Memorial'' is situated at 1, Motilal Nehru Place (formerly 10, Janpath), adjacent to the complex. 10, Janpath is spread over 15,181 square meters in New Delhi.

History

The house was the residence of Prime Minister

who succeeded

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

in the 1960s. Adjacent to the complex, facing the roundabout is ''Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial'' at 1, Motilal Nehru Place.

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