Safdarjung (Delhi)

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Safdar Jung
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Safdar Jung
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°33′48″N77°11′28″E / 28.563286°N 77.191155°E / 28.563286; 77.191155
Country India
State Delhi
District South Delhi
Metro New Delhi
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
110029 [1]
Planning agency SDMC
Safdarjung's tomb, Delhi, after which the area is named Safdarjung Tomb, Delhi.jpg
Safdarjung's tomb, Delhi, after which the area is named

Safdarjung area consists of mainly two localities in South Delhi, namely Safdarjung Enclave and Safdarjung Development Area (SDA). [2] [3] There are several districts (called colonies) in Delhi located south of the tomb of Safdarjung, the second Nawab of Awadh, an important administrator in the Mughal Imperial courts in Delhi, under Muhammad Shah in the 18th century.

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Safdarjung Enclave

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Durga Puja celebrations, Matri Mandir, Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi, 2014

Safdarjung Enclave, developed by the Delhi Lease and Finance later DLF Limited after acquiring the farmlands from Humayunpur Village in the early 1960s under then Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru is located just south of the Ring Road and north of the Hauz Khas Deer Park. South of Hauz Khas village is the Safdarjung Development Area (SDA), built in the 1960s as an extension towards the south. Both colonies are primarily residential. Part of the land was also developed on the acquired Jat-dominated village of Mohammadpur. [4]

Safdarjung Enclave built after the Partition did not include land grants for refugees from what is now Pakistan.

The airstrip next to Safdarjung's Tomb that occupies the area between it and Safdarjung Enclave, formerly Delhi's main airport, is now known as Safdarjung Airport and is the home of the Delhi Flying Club. Many official flights for the Central and State government also leave and arrive here rather than at Delhi's main airport Indira Gandhi International Airport (formerly Palam Airport).

Major Schools in Safdarjung Enclave

--Hospitals in Safdarjung Enclave--

Major Schools in SDA

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References

  1. ↑ "Pin code 110029, Safdarjung Enclave S.O Post Office in South West Delhi, Delhi".
  2. ↑ "Television crew from Taiwan were shooting for travel show". Indian Express . 20 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "RS MPs still looking for a plot". The Times of India . 12 January 2006. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Sharma, Vibha (21 October 2021). "Mohammadpur village in Delhi debates its name and past". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "St. Paul's School, Safdarjung Development Area". The Hindu . 20 July 2007. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011.
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