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{{Short description|Hotel in New Delhi, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2013}}
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{{Infobox hotel
| hotel_name = The Imperial New Delhi
| image = Imperial Hotel, Delhi.jpg
| image_width =
| caption =
| location = [[Janpath]], [[New Delhi]]
| coordinates = {{coord|28.6255|77.2158|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = India New Delhi
| opening_date = 1936
| architect = Blomfield
| owner = Akoi Family
| number_of_restaurants = 6
| number_of_bars = 2
| number_of_rooms = 235
| number_of_suites = 44
| floors = 3
| parking =
| website ={{url|theimperialindia.com}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''The Imperial New Delhi''' is a historic [[luxury hotel]] opened in 1936 in [[New Delhi]], India. It is located on [[Janpath]], close to [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Rajiv Chowk]]. It was New Delhi's first grand hotel.<ref>[http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/india/new-delhi/48951/the-imperial/hotel-detail.html The Imperial, New Delhi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113174248/http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/india/new-delhi/48951/the-imperial/hotel-detail.html |date=13 January 2011 }} ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref><ref name=ho>[http://www.4hoteliers.com/4hots_fshw.php?mwi=1777 Famous Hotels: Imperial New Delhi - the making of] By Andreas Augustin. 4hoteliers.com. 11 December 2006.</ref>

==History==
[[File:Palm trees lining the entrance of Imperial Hotel, New Delhi.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Palm trees lining the entrance of Imperial Hotel]]
The hotel was designed in a mix of [[Art Deco]], [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] and [[colonial architecture|colonial]] styles by architect, F.B. Blomfield,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/arts/design/30kahn.html|title = Amnesty Plan for Relics of the Raj|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 30 December 2007|last1 = Kahn|first1 = Jeremy}}</ref> an associate of [[Edwin Lutyens]], who designed the new capital of the [[British Raj]], [[Lutyens' Delhi|New Delhi]]. The hotel was built by Sandhu Jat Jagirdar S.B.S. Ranjit Singh, son of R.B.S. Narain Singh, honoured by the [[British Raj]], at the [[Coronation Durbar#Durbar of 1911|Coronation Durbar of 1911]], when New Delhi was declared the new Capital of India.<ref>''Great, grand & famous hotels'', by Fritz Gubler, Raewyn Glynn. Publisher: Great, Grand & Famous Hotels, 2008. {{ISBN|0-9804667-0-9}}.''p. 250''.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GVmAfRMHw1wC&pg=PA28&dq=The+Imperial+hotel,+New+Delhi#v=onepage&q=The%20Imperial%20hotel%2C%20New%20Delhi&f=false The Imperial] ''Asia's Legendary Hotels: The Romance of Travel'', by William Warren, Jill Gocher. Tuttle Publishing, 2007. {{ISBN|0-7946-0174-X}}. ''p. 28''.</ref>

The hotel was officially opened in 1936 by [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|Lord Willingdon]], the [[Governor-General of India|Viceroy of India]]. Also present was his wife, [[Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon|Lady Willingdon]], who chose the hotel's name and conferred its lion insignia upon it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/imperial-history-delhis-first-luxury-hotel/|title=The Imperial: A History of Delhi's First Luxury Hotel}}</ref>

The hotel was restored by its General Manager and Vice President, Mr Harvinder Sekhon, between 1996 and 2001. During his tenure, the Imperial hosted the Queen of the Netherlands, Hollywood actors and actresses, adventurers, and tycoons. He also opened the six restaurants and bars which are called "Spice Route", "Patiala Peg Bar", "1911 Restaurant and Bar", "Daniells Tavern" and "San Gimignano". Please also refer to the "New Delhi Hotel Opens Door to Art, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 1997, Associated Press" and "India: Fishlock's empire" by Mr. Trevor Fishlock, Daily Telegraph, London, 27 November 2000.

Today, the hotel has the largest collection of colonial and post-colonial art and artifacts anywhere in Delhi, and has a museum and an art gallery.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ee1HTcplZS0C&pg=PA107&dq=The+Imperial+hotel,+New+Delhi#v=onepage&q=The%20Imperial%20hotel%2C%20New%20Delhi&f=false The Imperial] ''Delhi'', by Patrick Horton, Richard Plunkett, Hugh Finlay. [[Lonely Planet]], 2002. {{ISBN|1-86450-297-5}}. ''p. 107-108''.</ref> The Imperial was awarded Travel + Leisure India's Best Award for Heritage Hotel in 2017,<ref>[https://travelandleisureindia.in/slideshow-indias-best-awards-2017-winners/= Travel + Leisure Best Awards 2017] "Travel + Leisure 2017 Best Awards"</ref> awarded Best Heritage Hotel by Outlook Traveller in 2018<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/Outlooktraveller/photos/a.715122061832821/1837399136271769/?type=1&theater= Outlook Traveller Facebook] ''Outlook Traveller Awards 2018 Jury Awards''</ref> and listed in the Conde Nast Gold List of best hotels in 2018<ref>[https://www.cntraveler.com/hotels/india/new-delhi/the-imperial--new-delhi= Conde Nast Traveller] ''The Imperial, New Delhi, Editor's Pick: Gold List 2018''</ref> in amongst multiple other awards.<ref>[https://theimperialindia.com/imperial_awards_recognition/#1552023585568-9dfc9877-eaaa= Awards and Recognition] ''The Imperial, New Delhi''</ref>

The hotel contains nine restaurants and eateries ranging from fine dining to bars, three function rooms, a spa, salon and nine styles of accommodation.

== Heritage ==
Hotel Imperial, New Delhi is well known for its heritage and legacy. It has a well known bar called 'Patiala Peg'. It was this hotel and the bar where Pandit [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jinnah|Mohammad Ali Jinnah]] and [[Lord Mountbatten]] met to discuss the [[Partition of India]] and the birth of Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ghose|first=Sanjoy|date=22 October 2020|title=Delhi's Imperial Hotel and its Connect With Modern Indian History|work=The Wire|url=https://thewire.in/history/hotel-imperial-delhi-independence-partition}}</ref> It is also the name of a school in Aligarh.<ref name=ho/>

==See also==
*[[List of hotels in Delhi]]

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|author=Andreas Augustin |title=The Imperial, New Delhi|location=Vienna Austria|publisher=The Most Famous Hotels in the World|year=2007|isbn=978-3-900692-17-9}}
*{{cite book|author1=William Warren |author2=Jill Gocher |title=Asia's legendary hotels: the romance of travel|location=Singapore|publisher=Periplus Editions|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7946-0174-4}}
*{{cite book|author1=Kim Inglis |author2=Jacob Termansen |author3=Pia Marie Molbech |title=cool hotels: india, maldives, sri lanka|location=Singapore|publisher=Periplus Editions|year=2004|isbn=0-7946-0173-1}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite news|title='Lodged' in the heart of New Delhi|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lodged-in-the-heart-of-New-Delhi/Article1-739801.aspx|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=30 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831115356/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lodged-in-the-heart-of-New-Delhi/Article1-739801.aspx|archivedate=31 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}
(http://www.hotelsofnewdelhi.com/five-star-deluxe-hotels-in-new-delhi/imperial-hotel-new-delhi.html)

== External links ==
{{commons category|Imperial Hotel, New Delhi}}
* [http://www.theimperialindia.com/ The Imperial Delhi]
* [https://www.ixigo.com/the-imperial-hotel-new-delhi-india-hid-53318d02e4b023a25fdc85b8 The Imperial Hotels in New Delhi]

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[[Category:Art Deco architecture in India]]
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[[Category:Heritage hotels in India]]

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