Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President's Palace - designed by Lutyens, like much of new Delhi. I hadn't realised how recently the capital moved from Calcutta - a British decision taken in 1911.
Me by the Salt March monument - as part of a renewed push for Gandhi led a 240m mission to break a British law and gather salt by the sea, resulting in 60,000 taking similar action and being imprisoned. There's also an excellent Gandhi museum nearby. *
A Baoli, or step-well, built about 1000 years ago - the alcoves used to have market stalls while travellers could collect water at the bottom. Now somewhat incongruously round the back of a block of residential buildings.
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