<P> Lutyens campaigned for its fixing, but was not able to get it to be changed . Lutyens wanted to make a long inclined grade all the way to Viceroy's House with retaining walls on either side . While this would give a view of the house from further back, it would also cut through the square between the secretariat buildings . The committee with Lutyens and Baker established in January 1914 said the grade was to be no steeper than 1 in 25, though it eventually was changed to 1 in 22, a steeper gradient which made it more difficult to see the Viceroy's palace . While Lutyens knew about the gradient, and the possibility that the Viceroy's palace would be obscured by the road, it is thought that Lutyens did not fully realize how little the front of the house would be visible . In 1916 the Imperial Delhi committee dismissed Lutyens's proposal to alter the gradient . Lutyens thought Baker was more concerned with making money and pleasing the government, rather than making a good architectural design . </P> <P> Lutyens traveled between India and England almost every year for twenty years, to work on the construction of Viceroy's House in both countries . Lutyens reduced the building from 13,000,000 cubic feet (370,000 m) to 8,500,000 cubic feet (240,000 m) because of the budget restrictions of Lord Hardinge . While Hardinge demanded that costs be reduced, he nevertheless wanted the house to retain a certain amount of ceremonial grandeur . </P> <P> When Chakravarti Rajagopalachari assumed the office as the first Indian - born Governor General of India and became the occupant of this building he preferred to stay in a few rooms which is now the family wing of the President and converted the then Viceroy's apartments into the Guest Wing where visiting heads of state stay while in India . </P> <P> On 26 January 1950, when Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India and occupied this building, it was renamed as Rashtrapati Bhavan--the President's House . </P>

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