Samvidhan Sadan
Also called: Old Parliament House · Topic: Parliament: Composition, Powers and Law-making · NCERT: Class 8, Ch 6 "The Parliamentary System: Legislature and Executive"
Meaning
Samvidhan Sadan means "House of the Constitution". It is the new name of India's old, round Parliament building. Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker designed it, and it opened in 1927. The Constituent Assembly met here to write the Constitution. The building got its new name in 2023, when Parliament moved into the new Sansad Bhavan.
Example
The new Sansad Bhavan was inaugurated on 28 May 2023. It held its first sitting on 19 September 2023. After that, the old round building became Samvidhan Sadan.
Don't confuse with
- Sansad Bhavan (new Parliament building): where Parliament now meets, opened in 2023. Samvidhan Sadan is the older building, which opened in 1927.