Teen Murti Bhavan
The Teen Murti Bhavan (Teen Murti House; formerly known as Flagstaff House) was built by British as the residence New Delhi of the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. However, He stayed there for 16 years until his death on 27 May 1964. It was designed by Robert Tor Russell, the British architect of Connaught Place and of the Eastern and Western Courts on Janpath during the British Raj. Teen Murti Bhavan was built in 1930 as part of the new imperial capital of India, New Delhi as the residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army.Indira Gandhi then convertrd the residence to museum. Today, Teen Murti houses various institutions including the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), which runs under the Indian Ministry of Culture, and has Karan Singh as the chairman of its executive council, and the Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya, the newly built memorial and museum to honor the contribution of all the Prime Ministers of India. The complex also houses the offices of the 'Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund', established in 1964 under the chairmanship of S. Radhakrishnan, then President of India. Teen Murti Bhavan also contains a number of mementos from various nations including England, Nepal, Somalia, China, etc. Each memento represents a notable resource of each nation. The foundation also awards the 'Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fellowship', established in 1968.Also contained within the complex are the ‘Centre for Contemporary Studies’ and the Nehru Planetarium which opened in 1984.
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Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi Malcha (Chanakya Puri Tehsil)
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Teen Murti Bhavan
Teen Murti Marg
110004 New Delhi, Malcha (Chanakya Puri Tehsil)
Delhi, India
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