Raj Niwas (

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: ''Government House'') is the

official residence An official residence is the residence of a head of state, head of government, governor, religious leader, leaders of international organizations, or other senior figure. It may be the same place where they conduct their work-related functions. ...

of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, the head of state of

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

and Government of

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. It is located on Raj Niwas Marg,

Civil Lines, Delhi The Civil Lines is a residential area and one of the 3 subdivisions of the Central Delhi district of Delhi in India. It is one of the 12 zones under the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. It was the hub of European-style hotels in the city until ...

. The present lieutenant governor of Delhi is

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, since May 23, 2022. In 1911, when

became the National Capital Territory, it was the residence of Chief Commissioner of Delhi.

History

The area in which Raj Niwas is located has been playing an important part in the administrative history of Delhi for over 175 years. It lay just north of the 17th century city of

Shahjahanabad Old Delhi or Purani Dilli is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan (the Mughal emperor at the time) decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra. T ...

, adjoining the Mughal garden known as Qudsia Bagh. After the

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established their administrative control over Delhi in 1803, slowly a few large British houses came up here. In 1844 Ludlow Castle became the residence of the then-highest official in Delhi – the Commissioner and Agent to the

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. In the decades after the Revolt of 1857, more bungalows were built in this area, leading to the creation of

Civil Lines Civil Lines (archaically White Town) are the residential neighbourhoods developed during the British Raj for its senior civilian officers like Divisional commissioner and District magistrate. These townships were built all over the Indian subconti ...

. The road came to be known as Ludlow Castle Road. Ludlow Castle was occupied in the late 19th century by the Delhi Club, and later by a school. The Chief Commissioner of Delhi moved to a smaller bunglow.

References

External links

Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Official website
Governors' houses in India Government buildings in Delhi {{India-gov-stub

History

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