Tees January Marg (

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: 30 January Road) is a marg (road) in

Lutyens' Delhi Lutyens' Delhi is an area in New Delhi, India, named after the British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), who was responsible for much of the architectural design and building during the period of the British Raj, when India was part o ...

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. It was formerly called Albuquerque Road. The name of the road, 30 (''tees'' in Hindi) January, commemorates the martyrdom of

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

on 30 January 1948. Gandhi spent the last five months of his life (144 days) as a guest of the

Birla family The Birla family is a family connected with the industrial and social history of India. Foundations The Birla family origins lie with the Maheshwari caste of Bania Vaishya traders but they were outcast from their traditional community in 1922 ...

Birla House Birla may refer to: * Birla family * Members of the Birla family: ** Aditya Vikram Birla ** Ananya Birla ** Basant Kumar Birla ** G. D. Birla ** K. K. Birla ** C. K. Birla ** Kumar Mangalam Birla See also * Burla (disambiguation) Burla may refer ...

at 5 Tees January Marg. The Birla residence was purchased by the Government of India in 1966 to house the

Gandhi Smriti Gandhi Smriti, formerly known as Birla House or Birla Bhavan, is a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, situated on Tees January Road, formerly Albuquerque Road, in New Delhi, India. It is the location where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last ...

.http://www.gandhismriti.gov.in/indexb.asp Adjoining the

, at 6 Tees January Marg, is the

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. The

New Delhi Municipal Council New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is the municipal council of the city of New Delhi, Delhi, India. It covers an area of 42.7 km2 under its administration, which is commonly referred as Lutyens' Delhi. The only owner is Government of In ...

(NDMC), Delhi's civic body, in 2008 unveiled major plans, first announced in 2006, to renovate Tees January Marg, Tees January Lane, and other adjacent roundabouts at an estimated cost of — . The plan involved development of frontage in front of Gandhi Smriti's new pedestrian paths, street lighting, horticulture, irrigation lines on both sides of the roads, and shifting car and bus parking from in front of Tees January Marg, Gandhi Smriti, and Claridges Hotel to Tees January Lane, where new parking areas were to be developed.

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