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Robert Tor Russell

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Robert Tor Russell, CIE DSO (1888-1972) was a British architect who, in his position as Chief Architect to the Public Works Department, Government of India, is primarily associated with the development of the city of New Delhi in the early 1930s. [1]

30 relations: Artists Rifles, Bath, Somerset, Bedford Modern School, British Indian Army, Central Public Works Department, India, Commander-in-chief, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Devon, Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Distinguished Service Order, Edwin Lutyens, Georgian architecture, Gole Market, Haryana, Hertfordshire, Hitchin, Janpath, Jawaharlal Nehru, John Begg, List of public works ministries, Lutyens' Delhi, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Nawab of Pataudi, Order of the Indian Empire, Pataudi Palace, Royal Crescent, Safdarjung Airport, Teen Murti Bhavan, Tiverton, Devon, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.

Artists Rifles

The Artists Rifles is a regiment of the British Army Reserve.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths.

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Bedford Modern School

Bedford Modern School (often called BMS) is a Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) independent school in Bedford, England.

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British Indian Army

The Indian Army (IA), often known since 1947 (but rarely during its existence) as the British Indian Army to distinguish it from the current Indian Army, was the principal military of the British Indian Empire before its decommissioning in 1947.

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Central Public Works Department, India

The Central Public Works Department of India (Hindi: केंद्रीय लोक निर्माण विभाग), commonly referred to as the CPWD, is a premier central government authority in charge of public sector works.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief, also sometimes called supreme commander, or chief commander, is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces.

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Connaught Place, New Delhi

Connaught Place is one of the largest financial, commercial and business centres in New Delhi, India.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Dhyan Chand National Stadium

The Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium commonly known by its former name, National Stadium is a field hockey stadium in New Delhi, India.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.

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Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.

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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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Gole Market

Gole Market or Gol Market is a neighborhood in the heart of New Delhi, India built within a traffic roundabout by Edwin Lutyens in 1921.

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Haryana

Haryana, carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1November 1966 on linguistic basis, is one of the 29 states in India.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (often abbreviated Herts) is a county in southern England, bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south.

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Hitchin

Hitchin is a market town in the North Hertfordshire District in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 33,350.

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Janpath

Janpath translated People's Path, is one of the main roads in New Delhi.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence.

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John Begg

John Begg, commonly known as Jack Begg, (20 September 1866 – 23 February 1937) was a Scottish architect, who practised in London, South Africa and India, before returning to Scotland to teach at Edinburgh College of Art from 1922-1933.

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List of public works ministries

This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure.

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Lutyens' Delhi

Lutyens' Delhi is an area in New Delhi, India, named after the British architect Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), who was responsible for much of the architectural design and building when India was part of the British Empire in the 1920s and 1930s and 1940s.

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Ministry of Housing and Local Government

The Ministry of Housing and Local Government was a United Kingdom government department formed after the Second World War, covering the areas of housing and local government.

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Nawab of Pataudi

The term Nawab of Pataudi refers to the lineage of rulers of the former princely Pataudi State in Northern India.

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Order of the Indian Empire

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1878.

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Pataudi Palace

The Pataudi Palace, also called Ibrahim Kothi, is a former palace of the Pataudi family in Gurgaon district, Haryana, India.

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Royal Crescent

The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent in the city of Bath, England.

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Safdarjung Airport

Safdarjung Airport is an airport in New Delhi, India, in the neighbourhood of the same name.

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Teen Murti Bhavan

The Teen Murti Bhavan (Teen Murti House) is the former residence of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru in Delhi, India, who stayed here for 16 years until his death on May 27, 1964.

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Tiverton, Devon

Tiverton is a town in the English county of Devon and the main commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district.

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7, Lok Kalyan Marg

7, Lok Kalyan Marg (formerly 7, Race Course Road) is the official residence and principal workplace of the Prime Minister of India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tor_Russell

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