A lokacin da manyan sassa na New Delhi da aka shirya ta Edwin Lutyens, wanda ya fara ziyarci Delhi a 1912, da kuma Herbert Baker, biyu manyan 20th-karni Birtaniya gine-ginen. The kwangila da aka bai wa Sobha Singh. A asali shirin da ake kira domin ta yi a Tughlaqabad, a cikin Tughlaqabad sansanin soja, amma wannan da aka ba up saboda Delhi-Calcutta trunk line cewa ya wuce ta cikin sansanin soja. Construction gaske ya fara bayan yakin duniya na farko da aka kammala da 1931. A birnin da aka daga baya ake kira "Lutyens Delhi" da aka kafa a cikin bikin fara a kan 10 ga watan Disamba, 1911 da Ubangiji Irwin, da Viceroy Lutyens.
Shekara ta 1931