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		spaceman_2020 on March 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Our Man in Ajmer Shah Jahan also commissioned the Red Fort, still the nominal seat of Indian power - the site of all presidential addresses on Independence Day.

valarauko on March 31, 2023 [–]

The Prime Minister makes the speech. Plus nobody would regard the Red Fort as the nominal seat of Indian Power. The vast majority of Indians would only think of the fort as the site of the Prime Minister's speech, if at all.

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