7 Jantar Mantar to Burma House i.e. 24 Akbar Road
Ram Manohar Lohia has written about the important meeting held on June 15, 1947 at the Congress headquarters located at 7 Jantar Mantar in the capital, ‘Acharya Kriplani ji was sitting in the meeting leaning down.’ Meanwhile, Congress has its headquarters at 24 Akbar Road since 1978. In fact, this bungalow was built in 1978 by Congress’s Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh, G. Venkataswamy was allotted. Congress was not in power then. Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi also lost the Lok Sabha elections in 1977. Then this 24 Akbar Road was made the first temporary and then the permanent headquarters of the Congress. Once upon a time, 24 Akbar Road was called Burma House. This bungalow was allotted as official residence to the Ambassador of Myanmar (earlier Burma) to India. On the instructions of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, 24 Akbar Road came to be known as Burma House.
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7 Jantar Mantar was also the headquarters of Janata Dal United and All India Seva Dal, which was founded by Morarji Desai. After two splits in Congress, 7 Jantar Mantar was captured by Congress (O). The Congress (O) later merged with the Janata Party. When Congress returned to power in 1980, Indira Gandhi did not claim 7 Jantar Mantar. The headquarters of the Congress from 1971 to 1978 also ran from a government bungalow on Rajendra Prasad Road. However, the National Union of Journalists, an organization of journalists, has also been running its office since 7 Jantar Mantar. However, now it does not seem that many Congress leaders and workers will be aware of 7 Jantar Mantar’s relations with the party.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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