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Parliament House, New Delhi

Preamble to the original Indian Constitution (1950)

Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly building

The red neoclassical facade of the High Court of Karnataka, Attara Kacheri, in Bangalore, India, with a statue on horseback in front and manicured gardens leading to the entrance.

Town Hall of Shimla

A group of women in India

Split image with the Indian flag on the left and people waiting at a polling station on the right, overlaid with large text reading "1 BILLION VOTERS?".

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