- Architect Robert Tor Russell designed Connaught Place which was named after the Duke of Connaught, King Arthur.
- The construction went on for about 4 years from 1929 to 1933.
- It was made to serve the elite living in Delhi, especially in areas designed by the architect Edwin Lutyens
- Connaught Place’s Georgian Architecture is modelled after the Royal Crescent
- Prior to the construction of CP the area was covered with Kikar trees.
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