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Misleading claim about Lutyens, Baker, and Indian independence

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Second to last paragraph in the "Architecture, planning and early development" is entirely fictional. The cited source, Celebrating Delhi by Mala Dayal, does not support this interpretation. The article currently includes the statement: "The Viceroy, Lutyens and Baker were all in agreement on one idea, that India was going to be independent and they were making the city as the building blocks for the independent India."

This claim is highly misleading and historically inaccurate. During the planning and construction of New Delhi (1912–1931), there was no British policy or shared vision among Lutyens, Baker, or the Viceroy that India would become independent in the foreseeable. The paragraph should be revised or removed. Alphamaniac909 (talk) 17:42, 23 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

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