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Art and architecture are the truemanifestations of culture of aperiod as these reflect the mind andapproach of that particular society,Ideas and techniques of a societyfind visual expression here.The architecture of the colonialperiod in Delhi has not receivedmuch attention by historians ofModern India. Even historiansof architecture have focused onPre-colonial buildings and havegenerally ignored the constructionactivity in colonial period. This is asignificant Lacuna in Indian history,which the present book fulfills withsome satisfaction.By this book author has worked outthe connection between architectureand social and political conditions.This work seeks to contextualizethe colonial architecture withinthe social and political milieu ofIndia but also with the entangledrelationship between architectureand colonial society.This book has also a significantfeature of the British Indian Colonialarchitecture in Delhi is that, it hascombined the utilitarian needs withaesthetic appreciation.Although the British introducedchanges in their architecture, itadapted it self with the Indianclimate and was influenced by theMughal and other architecturaltechniques and as such continuityof the pre - British tradition ofarchitectural was maintained.British Indian colonial architecturewas a Symbolic index of Power ofthe British colonists. Author has,thus broken new grounds in thefield of colonial architectural historyof Delhi.