Lutyens Bungalow Zone or LBZ spreads over an area of in

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, with

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s (houses) for government ministers, officials and their administrative offices, since the

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. The zone stretches up to

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in the south.

History

In order to create development control norms, the

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constituted the 'New Delhi Redevelopment Advisory Committee' (NDRAC) in 1972, when the redevelopment of the areas around the

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, north of Connaught Place and on Prithviraj Road was taken up. Thus the Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ) was first notified in 1988 and later modified in 2003. In 2002 the

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placed the area on the World Monuments Watch.

Notable bungalows

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 '' ...

10, Janpath 10, Janpath is a public-owned house on Janpath, New Delhi. Currently, it serves as the residence of Sonia Gandhi, who has lived there since 1989, and her son Rahul Gandhi, who lived at 12, Tughlak Lane until April 2023. History The house wa ...

* Baroda House * Bikaner House * Dholpur House * Hyderabad House *

Jaisalmer House Jaisalmer House is the former residence of the Maharawal of Jaisalmer in New Delhi. It is part of Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ). Use It is owned by the Government of India. It is used as the administrative headquarters of the Department of J ...

* Jamnagar House * Jodhpur House * Kota House * Darbhanga House * Patiala House

References

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