Dr. Bimal Hasmukh Patel, the architect of the New Parliament Building is from Ahmedabad in Gujarat. A Padma-Shri awardee, he is an urban designer, urban planner, and academic. Born on 31st August 1961 he is the Director of HCP Design Planning and Management Private Limited.
A significant addition to the Parliament complex in New Delhi is the ‘Constitutional Hall,’ located in the center. This new feature symbolically and physically places the citizens “at the heart of democracy". A look at structures across the world
In his speech during the 101st edition of Mann Ki Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recounted his experience while visiting the prison cell at the cellular jail in Andaman where Veer Savarkar had served a harsh sentence during British rule