Editing Rajpath (section)

==Name and history==
In 1911 the British Imperial Government and the Viceregal administration determined that the capital of the [[British Indian Empire]] should be moved from [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]].  Accordingly, construction in that year began on the district of New Delhi, which would serve as the purpose-built administrative capital of the Indian Empire.  The British Raj duly turned to Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]] to construct the new city. Lutyens conceived of a modern imperial city centred around a "ceremonial axis", such axis being the large boulevard now called the Rajpath. Lutyens wanted a panoramic view of the city of Delhi from the viceregal palace. Consequently, the view from Raisina Hill runs unhindered across Rajpath and the [[India Gate]], and is obstructed only by the [[Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium|National Stadium]].

Most of the buildings surrounding the Rajpath were designed by Lutyens and the second architect of the project, Sir [[Herbert Baker]] and contracted by Sir [[Sobha Singh (builder)|Sobha Singh]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Dayal |first=Mala |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVJwAjsOBz0C&q=delhi+lectures+khushwant |title=Celebrating Delhi |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-670-08482-1 |language=en}}</ref> The key function of such buildings in the government of India ensures the road's importance. The first project was done in 1911 under [[Sujan Singh Hadaliwale]], the Vijay Chowk, but it then halted due to the onset of the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dayal |first=Mala |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVJwAjsOBz0C&dq=%22sujan+singh%22+%22lodge%22&pg=PA9 |title=Celebrating Delhi |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-670-08482-1 |language=en}}</ref>

===Name===

When built, the road was named King's Way, or Kingsway, in honour of the Emperor of India [[George V]], who had visited Delhi during the [[Delhi Durbar|Durbar]] of 1911, and where the [[Emperor of India|Emperor]] formally proclaimed the decision to move the capital. The name was similar to [[Kingsway, London|Kingsway]] in [[London]], which had been opened in 1905, and which was also a custom-built arterial road, and which had been named in honour of George V's father, [[Edward VII]] (as King of the [[United Kingdom]]).

Following the [[Independence of India]] the road was given its Hindi name, 'Rajpath', in place of its English designation. This represented a mere translation more than a substantial renaming, since 'Rajpath' in Hindi is broadly analogous in meaning to 'King's Way'.

In September 2022, Rajpath was redeveloped under [[Central Vista Redevelopment Project]] and renamed Kartavya Path.<ref name=":1" />