The British who shifted the capital of the country from old Delhi to New Delhi built the present Rakshtrapati Bhavan and the adjoining 2 blocks. In 1929-30, the secretariat buildings were completed. Designed by Sir Herbert Baker, it consist of the 2 blocks, North and South. Each block is surrounded by a dome which is 217 feet high. In the building, architecture has combined the best features of English school of architecture and the dedicate traditional Indian forms.