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Special Parliament Session

Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan has been declared a UNESCO  World Heritage site

ANOTHER FEATHER IN INDIA'S CAP

Santiniketan is a university town located around 160 km from Kolkata

It was built as an ashram by Rabindranath Tagore’s father Debendranath in 1863

Rabindranath started a school in Santiniketan in 1901

Viswa Bharati University was established in Santiniketan in 1921

Others attractions of Santiniketan are 'Sonajhuri Haat', 'Bosonto Utsav', 'Poush mela' and 'Boul Gaan'

SANTINIKETAN NOW UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

Santiniketan in West Bengal has been tagged as a UNESCO World Heritage site

Santiniketan now UNESCO World Heritage site

‘Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge’

'TRYST WITH DESTINY'

‘At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.’

‘Freedom and power bring responsibility. The responsibility rests upon this assembly, a sovereign body representing the sovereign people of India’

‘Service of India means the service of the millions who suffer. It means ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity'

‘Peace has been said to be indivisible; so is freedom, and so also is disaster in this one world that can no longer be split into isolated fragments'

 ‘History begins anew for us, the history which we shall live and act and others will write about’

 ‘A new star rises, the star of freedom in the east, a new hope comes into being. May the star never set and that hope never be betrayed!’

 ‘All of us, to whatever religion we may belong, are equally the children of India with equal rights, privileges and obligations’

 ‘We cannot encourage communalism or narrow-mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought or in action’

Old Parliament

NEHRU'S 'TRYST WITH DESTINY' SPEECH: TOP QUOTES

As PM Modi remembered Nehru's iconic 'Tryst with Destiny' speech, here are some top quotes from it

Nehru's 'Tryst with Destiny' speech: top quotes

The old Parliament complex was inaugurated by Lord Irwin on January 18 in 1927

INAUGURATION

It was initially called the Council House and housed the Imperial Legislative Council

LEGISLATURE OF BRITISH INDIA

Old Parliament building was designed by Herbert Baker and Edwin Lutyens. They were also responsible for planning the new British capital of New Delhi

ARCHITECTS

The circular building has 144 pillars, each 27 feet long. It covers an area of nearly six acres

SPRAWLING COMPLEX

2500 stonecutters and masons were employed just to shape the stones and marbles. The old Parliament building was made at a cost of Rs 83 lakhs


COST AND LABOUR

Free India’s Constituent Assembly held its first session on December 9, 1946. The constitution came into force on January 26, 1950

'Tryst with Destiny'

INDIA'S PARLIAMENT

HISTORY OF THE OLD PARLIAMENT COMPLEX

Take a look at the history of the old Parliament complex as House proceedings shift to the new building on September 19 during the special Parliament session

History of the old Parliament complex

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