Congress strikes to new headquarters after 47 years

The Akbar Street bungalow, a Sort VII authorities lodging, turned Congress’ headquarters in 1978 when Indira Gandhi, reeling from the fallout of the Emergency and deserted by many in her social gathering, selected it as the bottom for her breakaway faction.

The unkempt British-era property, initially devoid of sources, advanced into the nerve centre of India’s oldest political social gathering, witnessing its triumphs and tribulations.

Over the a long time, 24 Akbar Street has borne witness to pivotal moments in Indian politics. From Indira Gandhi’s political resurgence and assassination to Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure as prime minister and his subsequent tragic assassination as properly, the bungalow has been on the coronary heart of the Congress’ political operations.

It additionally served as the bottom camp for the social gathering’s revival and electoral successes in 1991, 2004 and 2009.

Earlier than turning into the Congress’ headquarters, the bungalow had its personal wealthy historical past. Constructed through the British period, it was the residence of Sir Reginald Maxwell, a member of Viceroy Lord Linlithgow’s council.

Within the Nineteen Sixties, it housed Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent her teenage years right here.