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Architect Edwin Lutyens in 1926 built The National Archives (Imperial Record Office) Delhi

   

 Architect Edwin Lutyens built in 1926

The National Archives (originally called The Imperial Record Office) was one of the most iconic buildings of the new capital. It was part of four museums and archives building planned by Edwin Lutyens at the interaction of King's way and Queen's way, known as 'Point B'. But eventually, only the record office came up. The building was different from others in terms of its facade, which reflects as, Andreas Volwahsen puts in his book Imperial Delhi, 'the two most important architectural cliches of the late neo-classical building style in India, namely the hall with columns and the verandah with capitals of the Delhi Order'.

   
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