Old Parliament House, New Delhi

Old Parliament House
Samvidhan Sadan
Old Parliament House, seen from Kartavya Path
Former names	Parliament House Council House
General information
Status	Retired and waiting for heritage restoration
Type	Heritage
Architectural style	Lutyens' Delhi
Location	New Delhi
Address	Sansad Marg, New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi
Town or city	New Delhi
Country	India
Coordinates	28°37′02″N 77°12′29″E / 28.6172°N 77.2081°E / 28.6172; 77.2081
Current tenants	Museum
Groundbreaking	1921 by The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Construction started	1921
Completed	18 January 1927
Opened	18 January 1927 by The 1st Baron Irwin, Viceroy of India
Owner	Government of India
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Edwin Lutyens Herbert Baker
Other information
Seating capacity	790
Public transit access	Central Secretariat

The Old Parliament House, officially known as the Samvidhan Sadan (Constitution House),^[1][2] was the seat of the Imperial Legislative Council of India between 18 January 1927 and 15 August 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950, and the Parliament of India between 26 January 1950 and 18 September 2023. For 73 years, it housed the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha (the lower and upper houses) respectively in India's bicameral parliament.

The building was designed by British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker and was constructed between 1921 and 1927. It was opened in January 1927 as the seat of the Imperial Legislative Council and was known as the Council House.^[3] Following the British withdrawal from India, it was taken over by the Constituent Assembly of India, and then by the Indian Parliament once India's Constitution came into force on 26 January 1950 with India becoming a republic.^[4]

The New Parliament House, built near this building on a triangular plot from 2020 to 2023 was inaugurated on 28 May 2023. It was built as part of the Indian government's Central Vista Redevelopment Project.