The formal colonial city built by Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker between 1911 and 1931, organised around the great ceremonial axis of Rajpath (now Kartavya Path) running from India Gate to the Presidential Palace. This is the Delhi of broad, tree-lined avenues, colonial bungalows behind compound walls, and the concentrated institutions of the Indian state — Parliament, the Supreme Court, the ministries, and the official residences of the President and Prime Minister.
The public spaces are genuinely impressive in scale. The India Gate war memorial marks the eastern end of the ceremonial axis; the Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential Palace), designed by Lutyens with Mughal-derived gardens, is visible from the boulevard but requires a separate booking to visit. Connaught Place, Lutyens' commercial hub, is the main shopping and dining district with its circular colonnade of white buildings still functioning much as intended.