(Council House became our Parliament building post ... old symbols of the British Raj. Free India needed a National Emblem that represented its new status amongst the free nations of the world.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday unveiled the National Emblem — made of bronze with a height of 6.5 metres and weighing 9,500 kg, on the new Parliament ... In 1950, India became a republic ...

Nirmala Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman Finance Minister, broke away from the colonial tradition of carrying a ...

As the Constituent Assembly debated the laws and bylaws in Parliament ... Dinanath Bhargava was entrusted with drawing India's National Emblem (based on Ashoka's Lion Capital), with which the ...

PM Modi dedicated the new Parliament ... adopt 'Sengol' as a national symbol of the Amrit Kaal. This is the same Sengol that was accepted by the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru ...