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The Parliament of India, also popularly known as Sansad (Sanskrit: संसद); is the supreme legislative body in India. The Parliament comprises the President of India and the two Houses—Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.
The parliament is one of the most magnificent buildings in New Delhi. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker, who were responsible for planning and construction of New Delhi. The construction of buildings took six years and the opening ceremony was performed on 18 January 1927 by the then Governor-General of India, Lord Irwin. The construction costs for the building were Rs. 8.3 million. The parliament is 570 feet (170 meters) in diameter. It covers an area of nearly six acres. The building has twelve gates among which Gate No. 1 on the Sansad Marg is the main gate.
Parliament museum is a museum in the Parliament of India Library Building in New Delhi, close to the Sansad Bhavan.It was inaugurated by then Speaker of Lok Sabha on 29 December 1989, in Parliament House Annexe, subsequently it shifted to its present in a Special Hall of the Sansadiya Gyanpeeth, Parliament Library Building, where it was inaugurated on 7 May 2002 by President of India, K. R. Narayanan. The interactive museum was inaugurated by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on Aug 15 2006.It is an interactive museum which tells us the story of freedom struggle of India.It also has rare collection of gifts from foreign delegates to The Speaker of Lok Sabha.
A group of students of class VIIIth and IXth visited on 25th October,2013 along with social science teachers. The students saw the Lok sabha and Rajya sabha hall.They learnt many new facts about the Parliament house .They also went to the Parliament museum where they learnt more about our country in an interactive way.
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