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7, Race Course Road (officially: Panchavati and also 7, RCR) is the official residence and principal workplace of the Prime Minister of India, where he lives and holds most of his official or political meetings. Situated on Race Course Road, New Delhi, the official name of the PM's residence complex is ''Panchavati''. It is spread over 12 acres of land, comprising five bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi, built in the 1980s, which are PM office-cum-residence zone and security establishment, including one occupied by Special Protection Group (SPG) and another being a guest house, though all are collectively called 7, Race Course Road. Unlike the British Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, it does not have the Prime Minister’s Office but has a conference room for informal meetings.〔(Modi to shift to 7 RCR on Monday night )〕 The entire Race Course Road, named the Delhi Race Course, which lies right across the road, is closed to the public. Rajiv Gandhi was the first Prime Minister to reside at 7 Race Course Road in 1984. It does not house the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), which is located in the South Block of Secretariat Building, on Raisina Hill nearby in New Delhi, where Cabinet Secretariat functions. The nearest Delhi Metro station is Race Course. When a new Prime Minister is nominated his/her original house is for the time being given a security detail and the new office holder is then advised to move in the 7, RCR at the earliest possible date.〔 ==History== Earlier, the Prime Ministers of India lived in their own house or house allotted to them through Parliament allotment by virtue of being an MP. Jawaharlal Nehru took up residence in ''Teen Murti Bhavan'', which used to be the residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in British India; it was formerly called ''Flagstaff House''. After Nehru's death in 1964, the building was turned to a Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. The next Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri chose 10 Janpath, where he stayed 1964-1966. It was later allotted to the Congress (I) party, though a part of it became biographical museum, ''Lal Bhadur Shastri Memorial'' at 1, Moti Lal Nehru Place (formerly 10 Janpath), adjacent to the complex. The current resident of 10 Janpath is Congress President, Sonia Gandhi. After the assassination of Indira Gandhi at her 1, Safdarjung Road residence garden while going towards neighboring 1, Akbar Road office for an interview on October 31, 1984,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-and-indira-25-years-after-a-pms-assassination/104183-37.html )〕 it was converted into the ''Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum''. Former Chief Justice of India Sudhi Ranjan Das had previously lived at this address before Mrs. Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi her son and successor as PM, along with his family, became the first occupant of 7, Race Course Road in 1984. The subsequent Prime Minister V. P. Singh made it into a permanent residence of the Prime Minister. In the 1990s I.K. Gujral and some of his predecessors, used 7, Race Course Road as Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The 15th and current Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi chose 5, Race Course Road as his residence as the 7 RCR was being refurbished at that time, after his predecessor Singh had vacated it. 7, Race Course Road was chosen as Modi's office. When V P Singh became the Prime Minister, Ministry of Urban Affairs thought of designating 7 RCR premises occupied by Rajiv Gandhi as the permanent residence-cum-office of Prime Minister to ensure that all successive prime ministers were allotted this on assuming office. A government notification on 30 May 1990, officially designated these bungalows as the official residence of Indian Prime Minister. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「7, Race Course Road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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