Mukherjee Nagar

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Mukherjee Nagar
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Mukherjee Nagar
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°42′31″N77°12′49″E / 28.708588°N 77.213542°E / 28.708588; 77.213542
Country India
State Delhi
District North West Delhi
Named for Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
Population
 (2022)
  Total79,914
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
110009
Civic agency MCD

Mukherjee Nagar, is a neighbourhood in northern Delhi. It was named in honor of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

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Coaching Industry

Mukherjee Nagar is often referred to as the UPSC Coaching hub for UPSC aspirants. The locality is dotted with a plethora of IAS coaching centers, libraries, bookshops, and hostels. This ecosystem has transformed the area into a vibrant and competitive hub, where students from all corners of the country come to chase their dreams of becoming civil servants. [1] [2]

Protests

Filled with a huge number of aspirants and students, Mukherjee Nagar has been the epicenter of many student agendas and protests, especially against UPSC (2013) [3] and against SSC (2017) [4] both of which spread quickly nationwide, and led to involvement of Government of India either in form of Judicial activism in the former, or involving inspection by CBI [5] in the latter.

Transit

  1. Nearest Metro Station for Mukherjee Nagar is GTB Nagar Metro Station in Yellow Line. [6]
  2. Nearest Bus Station for Mukherjee Nagar is Mukherjee Nagar Bus Stand [7]

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References

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  5. "SSC Protest: SSC Coaching Institutes supports students who are protesting for SSC Exam Scam!". tennews.in. 6 March 2018.
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