<P> Rajiv Gandhi her son and successor as PM, along with his family, became the first occupant of erstwhile 7, Race Course Road, in 1984 . The subsequent Prime Minister V.P. Singh made it into a permanent residence of the Prime Minister . In the 1990s I.K. Gujral and some of his predecessors, used 7, Race Course Road as Prime Minister's Office (PMO). </P> <P> The 14th and current Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi chose 5, Race Course Road as his residence as the 7 RCR was being refurbished at that time, after his predecessor Singh had vacated it . 7, Race Course Road was chosen as Modi's office . </P> <P> When VP Singh became the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Urban Affairs designated 7 RCR premises occupied by Rajiv Gandhi as the permanent residence - cum - office of Prime Minister to ensure that all successive prime ministers were allotted the same house on assuming office . A government notification on 30 May 1990, officially designated these bungalows as the official residence of Indian Prime Minister . </P> <P> The bungalows of the 7 LKM were originally designed by Robert Tor Russell, who was part of British architect Edwin Lutyens' team, when he was designing New Delhi in the 1920s and 1930s . </P>

7 lok kalyan marg became the official residence of the pm during the tenure of