Akbar Road is a

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, in central New Delhi, India. At the north-east end it stretches from the India Gate roundabout. At the south-west end it stretches up to the

Teen Murti The Teen Murti Bhavan (''Teen Murti House''; formerly known as Flagstaff House) was built by British as the residence New Delhi of the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. However, He stayed there for 16 years until his death on 27 May 1 ...

roundabout. The roundabout leads to Lok Kalyan Marg, Rajaji Marg, Teen Murti Marg and Safdarjung Road. It is also the road on which India's political party Indian National Congress's have their head office.

Junctions

*A junction is formed at roundabout connecting Mansingh Road and Maulana Azad Road. *Another junction is formed at Motilal Nehru Place, where Motilal Nehru Road and

Janpath Janpath (meaning People's Path, formerly known as Queensway), is one of the main roads in New Delhi. It starts out as Radial Road 1 in Connaught Place, adjacent to Palika Bazaar, and runs north–south perpendicular to, and past Rajpath ...

Road intersect this road. * Another junction is formed at a roundabout where Krishna Menon Road, Tughlaq Road and

Tees January Marg Tees January Marg (Hindi: 30 January Road) is a marg (road) in Lutyens' Delhi, Delhi, India. It was formerly called Albuquerque Road. The name of the road, 30 (''tees'' in Hindi) January, commemorates the martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi on 30 Januar ...

meet. This road along with its adjoining roads forms the exclusive V.V.I.P zone where India's top most powerful politicians live which includes cabinet ministers, senior M.P's and is yards away from the Parliament and Presidential Palace.

Controversy

In 2016 General Vijay Kumar Singh demanded that Akbar Road be renamed as Maharana Pratap Singh Road, erroneously claiming that the Indian-born Mughal Emperor was an "invader". In 2018, the signage was defaced and a banner proclaiming "Maharana Pratap Singh Road" was pasted over the signage. An FIR was registered by the police.

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Controversy

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