Nishat

Nishat
Nishat Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Coordinates: 34°9′36″N74°46′49″E / 34.16000°N 74.78028°E / 34.16000; 74.78028
Government
• Type	India
• Body	Government of Jammu and Kashmir
Elevation	1,590 m (5,220 ft)
Languages
• Official	Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English [1] [2]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal Code	190006
Vehicle registration	JK

Nishat is a town on the eastern outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of the union capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Nishat is famous for the Nishat Gardens (Nishat Bagh). And is a very popular tourist destination. The Nishat Bagh is a 12 terraced garden located near Srinagar's famous Dal Lake. It is the second-largest Mughal garden in Kashmir after Shalimar Bagh. Nishat Bagh was designed and built in 1633 by Asif Khan, the elder brother of Nur Jehan.^{[ citation needed ]}

The area also hosts the house of Lakshman Joo, a 20-century Kashmiri mystic and philosopher, which has become a local pilgrimage centre.

References

1. "The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. "Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020". Rising Kashmir. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.