Vidhana soudha

The Vidhana Soudha, located in Bengaluru
(Bangalore), is the seat of
the statelegislature of
Karnataka. It is an imposing
building, constructed in a
style sometimes described
as Neo-Dravidian, and
incorporates elements of
Indo-Saracenic and
Dravidian styles. The
construction was completed
in 1956.

Construction history Origin
Though Kengal Hanumanthaiah is credited with the conception and construction of the Vidhana Soudha, a building project to house the secretariat and legislature was planned and decided upon by theK. C. Reddy cabinet which was simply called House of Legislature. The foundation was laid by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, on July 13, 1951. However it was Kengal Hanumanthaiah who
was instrumental in building the great structure.
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