Delhi's 'Bikaner House' to developed as 'Gateway of Rajasthan'

The restored 'Bikaner House', a sprawling British-era mansion situated in the heart of the national capital and housing the art and cultural heritage of the region will be developed as a 'Gateway of Rajasthan', Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has said.
Raje, currently on a tour of Delhi visited the iconic building along with PWD minister and senior officials from her government.
By keeping its original design and face, the 'Bikaner House' will showcase Rajasthan's various creative, literary, cultural, art and tourism aspects, and it would be the 'Gateway of Rajasthan', Raje said.
"A number of government offices of Rajasthan located in 'Bikaner House' premises were vacated, and the entire space was taken up for this task," she said.

About 4.6 acres of the area in the iconic House was restored under heritage conservation and modernisation work by keeping its original look intact, in and out, Raje was quoted as saying in a Rajasthan government statement, while reviewing the renovation works here.
During the inspection of the mansion, she was accompanied by Public Works Department Minister Yunus Khan, PWD Principal Secretary D B Gupta, Rajasthan Transport Department Secretary and Commissioner Gayatri Rathor, and Resident Commissioner Savita Anand.
Built as part of the plan of the new imperial capital of 'New Delhi', which came up in 1911, after shifting it from Calcutta (now Kolkata), the colonial-era building was built for the then princely state of Bikaner.

It is located on the periphery of the India Gate lawns, dotted also by 'Hyderabad House', 'Baroda House', Jaipur House', 'Patiala House', among other iconic landmarks in the city.