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Old Secretariat

पुराना सचिवालय Purānā Sacivālay

The seat of the Delhi Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha), as well as the executive branch of the Government of Delhi. Built in 1912, the building was originally designed by E. Montague Thomas to hold the Imperial Legislative Council as the British moved the capital of India from Calcutta (present-day Kolkata). The Old Secretariat was vacated when the new Council House (present-day Samvidhan Sadan) in New Delhi was inaugurated in 1927.

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Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial
Mahaparinirvan Bhoomi
A memorial dedicated to anti-caste activist, political leader and neo-Buddhist Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. The memorial building is in the shape of an open book which signifies the Constitution of India. The site incorporates several Buddhist elements, including a bronze Ashoka pillar at the entrance, a Bodhi tree surrounded by fountains with that move to Buddhist chants in a sound and light show, and two Sanchi-style toranas (gateways).
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Flagstaff Tower
Just north of the Southern Guard House and the highest point of the North Ridge (Kamala Nehru Ridge) is the Flagstaff Tower. The stout, circular, one room castellated tower was built around 1828 as a signal tower. The Flagstaff Tower played an important role during the Sepoy Mutiny (Indian Rebellion of 1857).
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Southern Gurad House
A walk along the wanding roadways of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) park leads to the Southern Guard House and then to the Flagstaff Tower. A couple of yards to the left of the main walkway is the Southern Guard House. A small rectangular structure with a pedimented roof. Built in the first part of the nineteenth century the Southern Guard House along with the nearby Flagstaff Tower, was part of the cantonment area of the armed forces of the British East India Company.
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Chauburja Mosque
From the Hindu Rao Hospital gate a long walk northwards along the North Ridge leads to the park maintained by Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Next to the entrance of the park is the Chauburja Mosque. This was also constructed by Feroz Shah Tughlaq and along with Pir Ghaib and the baoli was part and parcel of the hunting expeditions. Literally meaning the Mosque with four towers (or probably domes), sadly only the dome of the south – east corner survives to this day. The eastern side has three arched entrances and four bastions.