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September 21 , 2023
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- The proceedings of the Parliament were shifted to the new building recently.
- Prime Minister announced the new name of the old parliament building which will be called “Sam vidhan Sadan" (Constitution House).
- The old Parliament Building which was designed by British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker and was completed in 1927.
- The central legislative assembly sat and which was converted as Lok Sabha, was originally designed with a floor area of 3688 square feet and seating arrangement for 148 members.
- After the first general election in 1951-52 the chamber was remodelled.
- The floor area was increased to 4804 square feet to provide accommodation to 450 members.
- The first sitting of elected Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha was on 13th May 1952.
- After independence the Chamber of Princes was regularly used by the Supreme Court for over ten years, till in 1958.
- The chamber was then redesigned as the Library Hall.
- It still bears 102 emblems of the erstwhile Indian States.
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