New Delhi, April 4 -- The 115-year iconic Old Secretariat in the national capital may soon get the tag of heritage site. The historic building, which hosted meetings of the first Parliament of independent India and witnessed the execution of freedom fighters, is currently the seat of Delhi Assembly.

Once an imperial symbol, the white semi-circular Vidhan Sabha, housed both the Central Legislative Council (today's Parliament) and a temporary Central Secretariat when the capital of British India was shifted from Kolkata (then Calcutta) to Delhi in December 1911. The Old Secretariat (Delhi Vidhan Sabha) was the first modern building that came up after Delhi became the national capital.

Located on the right side while travelling from the IS...