Mandi House is a locality in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

, India. It was the former residence of the

Raja of Mandi {{Use Indian English, date=February 2017 Siokot was a state in India that preceded the princely state of Mandi, which was founded in 1527. Formerly part of the Kingdom of Suket in the Punjab Hills, the rajput dynasty traditionally goes back to 76 ...

in Delhi.

History

In the 1940s, the 18th Raja of

Mandi State Mandi State was a native state of British India, within the Punjab; with Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Mandi ( formerly known as Mandav Nagar, also known as Sahor) is a major city and a municipal corporation in Mandi District in the Indian ...

, Raja Sir Joginder Sen Bahadur built his residence next to what is now ''Himachal Bhawan''. The estate was later sold and divided in the 1970s. The old palace was demolished to make way for large, modern offices which were constructed in the 1990s. The state house of

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several pea ...

, ''Himachal Bhawan'', is now located here. The headquarters ''Doordarshan Bhawan'' of the national television broadcaster

Doordarshan Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; Hindi: , ) is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions. One of India's largest b ...

is also located here. Today, the name of the office complex remembers the old royal residence as well the

Mandi House metro station The Mandi House Metro Station is located on the Blue Line and Violet Line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi, India. It services the cultural hub of Delhi, the Mandi House area which has the National School of Drama, Ravindra Bhavan, home of Sangeet ...

.Doordarshan
The larger area around is also still referred to as Mandi House. The Agrasen ki Baoli well is located near Mandi House.

References

Royal residences in Delhi Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Doordarshan Government buildings in Delhi {{india-struct-stub