North Block, New Delhi
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North Block, New Delhi is a prominent government building on Raisina Hill that houses key Indian ministries and forms part of the central administrative complex of the Government of India.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T309005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Block, New Delhi Context triple: [Ministry of Home Affairs, India, headquartersLocation, North Block, New Delhi]
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A.
Birla House, New Delhi
Birla House in New Delhi is a historic residence-turned-memorial most widely known as the site where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.
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B.
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) is the circular, colonnaded building in New Delhi that serves as the seat of India’s national legislature.
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C.
Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, a vast and iconic presidential palace complex located in New Delhi.
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D.
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh
The Palace of Assembly in Chandigarh is a landmark modernist government building in India, renowned for its bold concrete architecture and symbolic design by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier.
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E.
Shantivan, New Delhi
Shantivan, New Delhi is a memorial site and landscaped park on the banks of the Yamuna River dedicated to India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North Block, New Delhi Target entity description: North Block, New Delhi is a prominent government building on Raisina Hill that houses key Indian ministries and forms part of the central administrative complex of the Government of India.
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A.
Birla House, New Delhi
Birla House in New Delhi is a historic residence-turned-memorial most widely known as the site where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in 1948.
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B.
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) is the circular, colonnaded building in New Delhi that serves as the seat of India’s national legislature.
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C.
Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan is the official residence of the President of India, a vast and iconic presidential palace complex located in New Delhi.
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D.
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh
The Palace of Assembly in Chandigarh is a landmark modernist government building in India, renowned for its bold concrete architecture and symbolic design by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier.
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E.
Shantivan, New Delhi
Shantivan, New Delhi is a memorial site and landscaped park on the banks of the Yamuna River dedicated to India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government building
ⓘ
heritage building ⓘ office building ⓘ |
| architect | Herbert Baker ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Classical architecture elements
ⓘ
Indo-Saracenic architecture ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
|
| associatedWith |
British colonial architecture in India
ⓘ
Government of India ⓘ |
| city |
New Delhi, India
ⓘ
surface form:
New Delhi
|
| constructionPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| coordinates | approximately 28.614°N 77.208°E ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| faces |
South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
ⓘ
surface form:
South Block, New Delhi
|
| formsEnsembleWith |
South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
ⓘ
surface form:
South Block, New Delhi
|
| function | seat of key ministries of the Government of India ⓘ |
| hasApproach | from Rajpath ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Buildings and structures in New Delhi
ⓘ
Government buildings in India ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
chhatris
ⓘ
colonnades ⓘ courtyards ⓘ domes ⓘ |
| hasSecurity | high security government complex ⓘ |
| houses |
Ministry of Finance
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Finance (India)
Ministry of Home Affairs, India ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
Prime Minister’s Office (historically, at various times) ⓘ other key ministries and departments of the Government of India ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Delhi
ⓘ
New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form:
New Delhi
|
| locatedOn | Raisina Hill ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Central Public Works Department ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
cream sandstone
ⓘ
red sandstone ⓘ |
| near |
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament House, New Delhi
Rashtrapati Bhavan ⓘ South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi ⓘ
surface form:
South Block, New Delhi
|
| overlooks |
Rajpath (Kartavya Path)
ⓘ
surface form:
Rajpath
|
| ownedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| partOf |
Central Secretariat
ⓘ
central administrative complex of the Government of India ⓘ |
| region | National Capital Territory of Delhi ⓘ |
| significance |
part of the ceremonial axis of New Delhi
ⓘ
symbol of the Indian central government ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative offices
ⓘ
ministerial offices ⓘ |
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Subject: North Block, New Delhi Description of subject: North Block, New Delhi is a prominent government building on Raisina Hill that houses key Indian ministries and forms part of the central administrative complex of the Government of India.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi
this entity surface form:
Secretariat Building, New Delhi
this entity surface form:
Secretariat Building, New Delhi
this entity surface form:
Secretariat Building, New Delhi
this entity surface form:
North Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
this entity surface form:
North Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi
this entity surface form:
Council House, New Delhi
this entity surface form:
Secretariat Building, New Delhi
subject surface form:
Ministry of Finance (India)
this entity surface form:
North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi
this entity surface form:
Central Government Secretariat offices in New Delhi