The Ashok was built in 1956 by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru on 25 acres of parkland donated to the government by the Prince Regent of Jammu and Kashmir, Karan Singh and designed by architect E.B. Doctor.[2] It is an Indo-Modernist architectural style landmark and was completed in 1956 to host world leaders and dignitaries for the ninth UNESCO conference held in New Delhi. Of the original 23 shareholders, 15 were rulers of princely states that had been recently merged into India, including the Maharaja of Nawanagar.[3]
In 1968, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi hosted, a large banquet at Ashok Hotel to celebrate her son Rajiv‘s wedding to Sonia.[4]
In the 1980s, film actor Shah Rukh Khan was known to frequent the hotel during the fledgling part of his career,[3] and it served as the location for Yash Chopra‘s motion picture Chandni in 1989.
In the 1970s, Ashok hosted one of the first night clubs in New Delhi, called the Supper Club. Usha Uthup, Sharon Prabhakar, Hema Malini, Uday Shankar all performed at the venue prior to attaining stardom, and a notable scene from Laawaris (1981) starring Amitabh Bachchan was shot there.
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