Lajpat Nagar

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Lajpat Nagar
Neighborhood of Delhi
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Lajpat Nagar
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°34′05″N77°14′30″E / 28.56806°N 77.24167°E / 28.56806; 77.24167
CountryIndia
District South East Delhi
Time zone GMT + 0530
PIN Code
110024
Area code 110024

Lajpat Nagar is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the South East Delhi district of Delhi. It was named in honor of Lala Lajpat Rai and is today most known for the Lajpat Nagar Central Market. [1] This area is not to be confused with the Lajpat Nagar in Ghaziabad in the NCR region.

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In the recent years, Lajpat Nagar has become a preferred residential neighborhood for tourists and certain refugees from various countries, including Afghanistan, who often travel to New Delhi as medical tourists, owing to the presence of affordable quality health care in the capital. It is common to see individuals from different parts of India and Afghanistan in this neighborhood.

Overview

The area is divided into four parts: Lajpat Nagar I, II, III (north of the Ring Road) and IV (south of the Ring Road). Housing colonies like Amar Colony, Dayanand Colony, Double Storey (also known as Nirmal Puri), National Park and Vikram Vihar are also located in it. Lajpat Nagar is famous for its Central Market, a popular shopping destination, and also is known for the garments and textiles which are sold there.

The area falls partially under the Kasturba Nagar Constituency and part of it is in the South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.

History

Lajpat Nagar was developed in the 1950s and most of its early residents were Hindus and Sikhs moving east from newly formed Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947. As such, many of these individuals are Saraikis and Sindhis. [2] One part of Lajpat Nagar IV (Dayanand Colony) was named after Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, by Mr. B.N. Puri in 1957.

Initially, refugee camps were set up in Purana Quila, and refugees were allotted plots in areas like Lajpat Nagar, Patel Nagar, Rajendra Nagar. The plots were of 15x60 feet constructed like army barracks. The houses were all single story, with asbestos roofs, in the beginning, but now most of the houses are multi-storeyed in this neighborhood.

The colony also housed a refugee camp for Bengali widows, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, known as Kasturba Ashram. In 1960, Servants of the People Society (founded by Lala Lajpat Rai in 1921 in Lahore) after functioning for many years since Partition of India, shifted from the residence of MP Lala Achint Ram to a new building known as Lajpat Bhawan. [3]

The number of Afghan Indians, as well as Afghan students, workers and refugees, living there has resulted in the nickname of the locality, Afghan Nagar. [4] [5] The suburb has two Afghan "bakeries and three restaurants, and many guesthouses and apartments housing Afghan students, guests, medical refugees and asylum seekers." [4] As such, Apollo Hospital in Delhi "has translators on staff, a website in Dari, and even a separate payment desk for Afghans." [6] Most of the Afghanis in Lajpat Nagar speak Pashto or Dari. [7] GK Vij, a resident of Lajpat Nagar, "whose father migrated after Partition and has spent his whole life in the area," states that though people "enjoy the big ‘naan bread’ which Afghans prepare, the rising number of Afghan restaurants has overshadowed the indigenous Punjabi cuisine to some extent." [8]

Accessibility

Lajpat Nagar is well connected by Delhi Transport Corporation bus services and the Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System. Route number 543 connects Anand Vihar in East Delhi to Lajpat Nagar, and Teevr Mudrika connects Lajpat Nagar to Rohini in North Delhi and Punjabi Bagh in West Delhi. The Lajpat Nagar Station of the Delhi Metro has elevated platforms lying on Delhi Metro's Violet Line and underground platforms on Delhi Metro's Pink Line. The station was opened to the public in 2010 along with the first section of the Violet Line. An underpass connection was opened in 2014 below the Defence Colony-Lajpat Nagar flyover between Lajpat Nagar and Jangpura for easy access to areas like Jangpura Extension, Bhogal, and Nizamuddin. The area is also connected to the Delhi Suburban Railway with the Lajpat Nagar railway station

The nearest metro station to Lajpat Nagar Central Market is Lajpat Nagar. When exiting from Gate no. 5, it is located at a distance of around 1 km (10 minutes walk).

The average daily footfall in the Lajpat Nagar market is around 10,000 people. [9] The crowd can get a little bigger on weekends.

Lajpat Nagar is home to a large Punjabi community that is featured in multiple movies.

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References

  1. ↑ "6 Saree Shops You Should Absolutely Checkout For Wedding Shopping in Lajpat Nagar". Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Sharma, Mohit (24 April 2014). "The Afghan trail". Millennium Post. Retrieved 23 April 2014. It is transforming an identity which once was dominated by migrated refugees (Saraikis and Sindhis) from Pakistan after Partition.
  3. ↑ "Head Office". Servants of the People Society. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 Das, Bijoyeta (3 June 2013). "Afghan students flock to India's universities". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Sharma, Mohit (24 April 2014). "The Afghan trail". Millennium Post. Retrieved 23 April 2014. Often called 'Little Kabul', 'Afghan Nagar,' amongst other polysyllables, nomenclature twisting is the latest pastime in the vicinity.
  6. ↑ Sharma, Mohit (24 April 2014). "The Afghan trail". Millennium Post. Retrieved 23 April 2014. The Apollo hospital in the city's southwest has translators on staff, a website in Dari, and even a separate payment desk for Afghans.
  7. ↑ Sharma, Mohit (24 April 2014). "The Afghan trail". Millennium Post. Retrieved 23 April 2014. Pashto and Farsi chatters, Burqa clad women, glistering restaurants adorned with linguistic signposts mark Delhi's most thronged Lajpat Nagar market.
  8. ↑ Sharma, Mohit (24 April 2014). "The Afghan trail". Millennium Post. Retrieved 23 April 2014. Vij added that though they enjoy the big 'naan bread' which Afghans prepare, the rising number of Afghan restaurants has overshadowed the indigenous Punjabi cuisine to some extent. 'The lane in which we stay has dozens of Afghan restaurants which has surfaced in the past two-three years,' Vij added.
  9. ↑ Mishra, Ashish. "Lajpat Nagar market set to be developed on Karol Bagh model". www.hindustantimes.com. HindustanTimes. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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