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Kamla Nagar is a residential and commercial neighbourhood in
North Delhi
North Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. Alipur is the administrative headquarters of this district. North Delhi is bounded by the Yamuna River and the district of Central Delhi on the east ...
, India. It is one of
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
's major shopping centres.
History
Kamla Nagar is named after
Kamala Nehru, a freedom fighter and wife of
Jawaharlal Nehru
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat—
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, India's first
prime minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
. The neighbourhood rose to prominence after the erection of Ram Swarup Clock Tower on the
Grand Trunk Road in 1941, and the construction of Jaipuria and Birla
textile mills
Textile Manufacturing or Textile Engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful goods s ...
. It was also a stop on the erstwhile Delhi Tram Service. In the 1950s, it was developed as an affluent residential area.
Kamla Nagar, and its adjoining neighbourhoods, were a centre of political activity during the late
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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* it is also called Crown rule in India,
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or Direct rule in India,
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and the first two decades after
Independence
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. Freedom fighters and political personalities like
Aruna Asaf Ali
Aruna Asaf Ali (''née'' Ganguly; 16 July 1909 – 29 July 1996) was an Indian educator, political activist, and publisher. An active participant in the Indian independence movement, she is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National fl ...
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Guru Radha Kishan
Guru Radha Kishan (1925-1996) was an Indian Independence activist and Communist politician.
Early life
Radha Kishan was born in 1925 in a family of farmers on Krishna Janmashtami in Bid village (currently in Harda district, Madhya Pradesh). ...
,
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the pol ...
, General Secretary
Kanwar Lal Gupta, Purshottam Goyal, Murari Lal Gupta Chharia, Baba Ram Swaroop and
Shivcharan Gupta were active there.
It was also a cultural hub after Independence with
Gulzar, Santosh Anand and
Manoj Kumar
Harikrishan Goswami (born 24 July 1937), better known by his screen name Manoj Kumar, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for acting and making films with patriotic theme ...
being active there during some part of their lives before becoming popular in Bollywood. Wrestlers like
Dara Singh
Dara Singh Randhawa (born Deedar Singh Randhawa; 19 November 1928 – 12 July 2012) was an Indian professional wrestler, actor, director and politician. He started acting in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the Rajya Sab ...
,
Guru Hanuman
Guru Hanuman actual name Vijay Pal Yadav (1901–1999) was a legendary wrestling coach of India who coached many medal-winning wrestlers. He was awarded the prestigious Dronacharya Award in 1987, the highest recognition for a sports coach in In ...
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Satpal Singh
Satpal Singh (born 1 February 1955), also known as Guru Satpal, is a wrestling coach and former wrestler of India. He was a Gold Medalist in 1982 Asian Games and a Bronze medalist in 1974 Asian Games. Today he is better known as the coach of Ol ...
, Bhupendra Dhawan and
Maha Singh Rao
Maha Singh Rao (born 1 July 1958) is a wrestler and wrestling coach from Chirawa, Rajasthan in India. In 2006, he was awarded the Dronacharya Award, the highest award of the land in the field of coaching of sports and athletics, He born in Rao ...
trained in the ''
akharas'' of the area.
Kamla Nagar was the venue of Guru Radha Kishan's 24-day fast to support the rights of
labour unions
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...
of the textile mills. Kishan was elected the youngest member of the Delhi Municipal Committee.
Overview
Kamla Nagar is surrounded by New Chandrawal Village,
University of Delhi's north campus and Kamla Nehru Ridge Forest on the east,
Roop Nagar
Roop Nagar is a residential district in Delhi, India. It is close to the Delhi metro station Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station and the GTB Nagar Metro Station. It is next to the Kamla Nagar market of North Delhi and the Delhi University, North Cam ...
on the north,
Shakti Nagar on the west and Malka Ganj on the south. The Grand Trunk Road separates Kamla Nagar from
Shakti Nagar.
Kamla Nagar shares much of its character and history with the adjoining neighbourhoods of Shakti Nagar, Roop Nagar, and Malka Ganj. It was built as a residential colony in the 1950s, divided into six blocks with three roundabouts, and contains a mix of apartment buildings and bungalows. Kamla Nagar was developed and sold by
DLF, a company of Ch. Raghubir Singh.
Shopping hub of Delhi
Although originally built as a residential colony, the neighborhood has transformed into a major commercial center of Delhi, and one of the most prominent in North Delhi.
The commercial streets house a mix of international brands and Indian stores, mostly located on and around Bungalow Road, opposite
Hans Raj College. The retail stores and restaurants are located on lower floors of the market while the upper stories have remained residential.
Indian
street-food stands, Chinese fast-food stands and street-side apparel shops are also characteristic of these commercial streets. In addition, the neighborhood includes chain restaurants such as
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American Multinational corporation, multinational fast food chain store, chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechri ...
,
Cafe Coffee Day
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and
Domino's.
More recently, Kamla Nagar has been converting into a ladies' high-street shopping center where one can find western and ethnic clothing, along with cheaper street-bargain shopping. During the sale periods of July–August and February–March, people come to the market for all types of apparel shopping. There are various footwear stores that have opened in recent times.
Places of interest
The 17th century
Roshanara Garden and the adjacent 19th-century Roshanara Club are located in Shakti Nagar. Kamla Nehru Ridge Forest, which lies to the east of Kamla Nagar, contains historic monuments such as the
Mutiny Memorial,
Flagstaff Tower
Flagstaff Tower is a one-room, castellated tower, built around 1828 as a signal tower, located in Kamla Nehru Ridge near the present-day North Campus of Delhi University in Delhi, India. It was here that many Europeans and their families shelte ...
and one of the several
Ashoka Pillars. Ram Swarup Clock Tower sits on the southern edge of Kamla Nagar.
Delhi Vidhan Sabha
The Delhi Legislative Assembly, also known as the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral legislature of the union territory of Delhi in India. Delhi Legislative Assembly is the legislative arm of the Government of Delhi. At present, it consists o ...
and Viceregal Lodge of Delhi (now the Vice Chancellor's residence) are nearby.
Education
University of Delhi
Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and is recognized as an Institute of Eminence (IoE) ...
's North campus lies to the east of Kamla Nagar.
Hansraj College
Hansraj College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, in Delhi, India. The departments of Hansraj college includes science, liberal arts and commerce.
History
The was founded on 26 July 1948 in memory of the prominent Indian ...
, Faculty of Law (FoL), Faculty of Management Studies (FMS),
Delhi School of Economics,
St. Stephen's College,
Hindu College
Hindu College may refers to several colleges around the world, including:
India
*Dharmamurthi Rao Bhahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty's Hindu College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
* Gobardanga Hindu College, West Bengal
* Gokul Das Hindu Girls College, Moradab ...
,
Shri Ram College of Commerce,
Daulat Ram College
Daulat Ram College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. Founded by educationist and philanthropist Shri Daulat Ram Gupta in 1960, it is located in the North Campus. The college provides education at Bachelor's as well as Mas ...
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SGTB Khalsa College
Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. It was established in 1951, and offers courses for science, commerce and arts in India. In 2018, the highest admission cut-off was 99.66 per cent for B.S ...
,
Miranda House
Miranda House is a constituent college for women at the University of Delhi in India. Established in 1948, it is one of the top ranked colleges of the country and ranked as number 1 for consecutively six years (as of 2022).
History
Miranda ...
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Kirori Mal College
Kirori Mal College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. Established in 1954, it is located in the North Campus of the university in New Delhi, India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the sciences, humanities ...
,
Ramjas College and
Indraprastha College for Women are some of the prominent educational and research institutions in the vicinity.
Transport
Metro rail
Vishwa Vidyalaya metro station
The Vishwa Vidyalaya metro station is located on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro, which services the University of Delhi North campus area and the Delhi University Stadium.
It is also the alternate northern terminus for the yellow line along ...
on the
Yellow Line and
Pul Bangash metro station
The Pulbangash Metro Station is located on the Red Line of the Delhi Metro.
Station layout
Facilities
ATMs are available at Pulbangash metro station.
See also
*List of Delhi Metro stations
*Transport in Delhi
*Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
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on the
Red Line are the closest
Delhi Metro
The Delhi Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system serving Delhi and its satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Bahadurgarh and Ballabhgarh, in the National Capital Region of India. The network consists of 10 colour-cod ...
stations.
Buses
* 19
* 100A
* 108
* 108A
* 114
* 234-1
* 234
* 816
* 912
Indian Railways
The nearest railway station is
Subzi Mandi.
Hospitals
* Hindu Rao Hospital and Medical College, Malka Ganj
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Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute
Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute is a postgraduate medical institute located in New Delhi, India, and supported by the University of Delhi. The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of Government of India, India takes care of its endowment. It has ...
* Sant Parmanand Hospital,
Civil Lines
* North Delhi Pathology Clinic
References
{{Neighborhoods of Delhi
Neighbourhoods in Delhi