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Otto H.

Königsberger (13 October 1908 – 3


January 1999) was a German architect
Königsberger was appointed chief architect and planner to Mysore State, India in 1939.
His buildings during this period include some buildings in the Indian Institute of Science
(1943–44), the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Bombay (Mumbai), the
bus station, Serum Institute and Victory Hall (1946, renamed as Town Hall) in Bangalore,
the town plan for Bhubaneswar, and some town planning for Jamshedpur with the vision
of J.R.D. Tata.

After Indian Independence he became director of housing for the Indian


Ministry of Health from 1948 to 1951, working on resettling those displaced by partition.

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