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3 unusual facts about National Capital Authority


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There was also interest in Classicism by English architects, including Edwin Lutyens, who was responsible for many of the public buildings in New Delhi built from 1912 to 1929 in the wake of the decision to replace Calcutta as the seat of the British Indian government.

Before emigrating to Australia in 1885, he had been a friend of William Morris and active in the Arts and Crafts movement.

Shane Mortimer

In 2012, Mortimer filed a claim for $6 million worth of damages for alleged racism after Professor Don Aitkin, former National Capital Authority chairman, wrote that Mortimer looked "about as Aboriginal as I do".



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