If we talk about the reason behind making Mughal Gardens, it would not be wrong to say that the credit goes to the British only. Yes, the Viceroy’s House was designed by Edward Lutyens before the Mughal Gardens came into existence. When the Viceroy’s House was built, a garden was also built along with it. However, Lady Hardinge, wife of Viceroy Lord Hardinge, did not like this garden. After this, a new map was prepared to give a new look to the garden and it was completed in 1928. It took 28 years for the garden to be ready.
Common people were not allowed to go to the garden
If we go to the website of Rashtrapati Bhavan and get information, then we will know that Edward Lutyens took into account the Islamic heritage along with the British skill at the time of construction of the Garden. At that time the gardens of the Taj Mahal, followed by Jammu and Kashmir, were inspired by the paintings of India and Persia. In olden times, there was a practice of naming gardens after Mughals. This was the reason that keeping in mind the same heritage, this garden was named as Mughal Garden. One special thing about the Mughal Gardens is that it was not opened to the common people earlier. Common people were not given entry in this. But the country’s first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad gave it the green signal. Since then it is opened to the general public in February and March.
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