Old Parliament House, New Delhi
Erstwhile seat of the Parliament of India in Delhi
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The Old Parliament House, officially known as the Samvidhan Sadan, was the seat of the Imperial Legislative Council of India between 18 January 1927 and 15 August 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950, and the Parliament of India between 26 January 1950 and 18 September 2023. For 73 years, it housed the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha respectively in India's bicameral parliament.
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