Philip Marwein
Ka iing jong u President jong ka Ri India ka don ha New Delhi shaphang sepngi khyndiat na Rajpath. Ka don ha ki ar tylli ki shnong rim, ka Raisina bad ka Malcha ha kiba la don teng 300 tnum iing hynrei la pynkynriah shnong noh shawei namarba la shim ia ka jaka jong ki da ka sorkar Bilat ban tei ia ka iing, ophis bad kiwei kiwei ki jingdonkam jong u Viceroy jong ka Ri Bilat ha India.
Ha ka snem 1911 ka sorkar Bilat ka la pynkynriah noh ia ka nongbah jong ka Ri India na Kolkata sha New Delhi. La wad ia ka jaka kaba 400 acre ha ka shnong Raisina bad Malcha, kiba kham pajih na Old Delhi ban thaw ia ka nongbah Delhi bathymmai. Kane ka jaka ban thaw ia ka iing jong u Viceroy ka don marsyndah bad ka Secretariat jong ka sorkar Bilat ha India.
La sdang ban tei ia kane ka iing ha ka snem 1911 ter ter bad la pynwandur ia ka iing bad ka ophis jong u Viceroy da u Edwin Landsler Lutyens bad u Herbert Baker kiba dei ki Architect. U Lutyens u la pynrit ia ka building area na ka 13 lakh Cft sha ka 8 lakh shiteng Cft namar u Viceroy, Lord Hardinge, u la ot ia ka budget (mang tyngka).
Kane ka iing bad ka ophis ka don haduh 340 kamra ba la pynriam, airong bad ba la dro dur itynnad bha kaba 2 lakh sq.ft 700 million ki maw-it, 3 lakh shiteng million cft ki maw bad tang khyndiat eh ki nar (steel). Ia kane ka plan ka khot “Two Wings” (ar tnat).
U Chief Engineer jong kane ka jingtei bapawnam u dei u Sir Teja Singh Malik bad ki la don 4 ngut ki kontraktor kynthup ia u Sir Sobha Singh. La dep tei ia kane ha ka snem 1929 bad la plie ia ka ha ka snem 1831 kaba la shim por 17 snem.
Kane ka iing bad ophis jong u Viceroy (mynta ka dei ka iing jong u President jong ka India). Ka don ka jaka sah jong u President bad ka iing ka sem jong u, ki don ki Hall kiba heh bun tylli kynthup ia ka Dorbar Hall bad ka Ashoka Hall, ki don ki kamra sahmiet jong ki heh ki hain bad jong ki khlieh nongsynshar jong kiwei ki Ri, ki don ki kamra ophis kiba bun tylli, ki don ki jaka sah jong ki nongap phira jong u President, ki don ki jaka sah jong ki nongtrei ophis bad ki shakri shakor jong u President, ki don sa kiwei kiwei ki kamra ba donkam jong ka ophis jong u President, ki don ki jaka ba la ri bad buh kyrpang ia ki kulai kashor, ka don de ka kper syntiew kaba iar bha, ki don ki jaka iaidkai iaid pyngngad jong u President bad ki heh ki hain bad ki ophis heh kiba trei ha iing bad ophis jong u President, ki jaka ialehkai, ki don ki phalor kiba jrong bad kiba iar, ki surok kiba heh bad iar, ki don ruh ki baranda kiba jrong bad iar kiba haduh 2 kilo meter, ki don ki statue jong ki riewkhraw hyndai kum jong u Lord Bhudda kaba dei jong ka snem 500 shuwa u Khrist bad kiwei de.
Ha ka snem 1947 ha kane ka iing la shong da u Ceremonial Governor General, u Lord Mountbatten bad hadien jong u la sah da u Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, u nong India ba nyngkong bad uba khatduh ban long u Governor General. Une u la sah tang ha ha ki khyndiat kamra bad la pynkylla ia ka Viceroy’s apartment sha ka Guest Wing ha kaba mynta ki sah ki heh ki hain. Hadien kata la sah da u President ba nyngkong jong ka India, u Rajendra Prasad ha ka 26/1/1950 bad la khot noh ia kane ka iing u Viceroy, ka Rashtrapati Bhavan (President’s House).
La saindur bad la pynwan nongrim ia kane ka iing jong u Viceroy da kaba shim nuksa na ki jingtei kiba pawnam na Rome, na Europe bad na iing ba la tei da ki Syiem Mughal. Kane ka don ar bynta, ka iing sah jong u Viceroy bad ka jaka pdiang burom ia ki heh ki hain bad ki khlieh nongsynshar kiba wan nabar Ri bad ki jaka sahmiet jong ki, ki ophis bad kiwei kiwei ki kamra ophis bad kiwei ki jongdonkam. Ia u Pyndit Jawaharlal Nehru la pynsmai ha ka 12/8/1947 ha Ashoka Hall da u Lord Mountbatten, Governor General ha India. Hapoh ka Dorbar hall ka don ka khet shuki jong u President (Throne). Halor jong kane ka khet ka don ka DOME ka bapyllun na kaba la sdien rynjup da ka Chandellier kaba jrong 33 meter shajrong ka khet.
Nangta, ka don sa ka Retreat House (ka iing sah ba jar jar) jong u President ha Hyderabad kaba don ha Telangana mynta ba la khot ka Rashtrapati Nilagam lane la khot ruh ia ka mynshuwa da ka kyrteng Residency House.
Hangne u President u sah shipor arpor ha ka shi snem ha kaba u ioh ruh ban pyndep ia ki kam ophis jong u. La pyndonkam ruh ia kane ka jaka sah na ka bynta ki heh ki hain (dignitaries). Kane ka don ha Bolarum ha Secunderabad ba la shna ha ka snem 1860 da u Nizam Najirud-Doulah.