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[[File:Sonia Gandhi welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham.jpg|thumb|250px|Gandhi welcoming U.S. Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] to 10, Janpath in 2009.|alt=KS]]
'''10, Janpath''' is a public-owned house on [[Janpath]]. At the time of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991, while he was campaigning for a second term as Prime Minister of India, 10, Janpath was his official residence, although he lived at [[7, Lok Kalyan Marg]] while he was Prime Minister. 10, Janpath remains the residence of his widow [[Sonia Gandhi]], who is currently Interim [[List of presidents of the Indian National Congress|President of Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101111003329/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Sonia-Gandhi-s-power-bill-over-Rs-7-lakh-for-3-years/Article1-623106.aspx Sonia Gandhi's power bill: over Rs 7 lakh for 3 years]. ''Hindustan Times''. 7 November 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The world according to Sonia|author=Saeed Naqvi|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/37045/ |newspaper=[[Indian Express]] |date=12 December 2003}}</ref> The national headquarters of [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) is right behind it on 24, [[Akbar Road]].<ref>[http://www.congress.org.in/new/index.php Indian National Congress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817015423/http://www.congress.org.in/new/index.php |date=2011-08-17 }} [[Indian National Congress]] website.</ref> It was the residence of India's second Prime Minister, [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] (1964-1966) and where his body lay in state on 11 January 1966.<ref>{{cite book |title=Days with Lal Bahadur Shastri: Glimpses from The Last Seven Years|author=Rajeshwar Prasad|publisher=Allied Publishers|year=1991|isbn=81-7023-331-3 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvTYfnfsec0C&pg=PA16 }}</ref> Today his biographical museum, ''Lal Bhadur Shastri Memorial'' is at 1, Motilal Nehru Place (formerly 10, Janpath), adjacent to the complex.<ref>{{cite news |title=Can the Congress be saved by its new leaders?|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/jan/10jana.htm |publisher=[[Rediff.com]] |date=January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lest we FORGET... |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/10/02/stories/2004100200850200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122083034/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/10/02/stories/2004100200850200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2 October 2004 }}</ref>

10, Janpath is spread over 15,181 Square Meter. in New Delhi

==History==
The house was the residence of Prime Minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] who succeeded [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] in the 1960s. Adjacent to the complex, facing the roundabout is ''Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial'' at 1, Motilal Nehru Place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shastri memorial losing out to Sonia security|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/shastri-memorial-losing-out-to-sonia-security/738420/0 |newspaper=Indian Express |date=17 January 2011 }}</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://wikimapia.org/16918034/10-Janpath 10 Janpath] [[wikimapia]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121018020649/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?225871 10, Janpath Doors Are Shut]
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