Rajendra Nagar (often spelled unofficially as 'Rajender Nagar' or 'Rajinder Nagar'

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, 15 December 2008. "Rajinder Nagar constituency Reev is best. ) is a residential colony in

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, India. The name comes from

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, Indian independence activist, journalist & scholar who served as the first president of Republic of India from 1950 to 1962. He joined the Indian Nationa ...

, the first president of India. It is bordered by the Central Ridge Protected Forest on the east and south, IARI on the west, and

Karol Bagh Karol Bagh is a neighbourhood in Central District of Delhi, India. It is a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood known for shopping streets such as the Ghaffar Market and Ajmal Khan Road. It was home to the Karol Bagh Lok Sabha cons ...

on the north. It is a constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The current Councillor for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is Aarti Chawla of Aam Aadmi Party ( Ward No.102N).

Overview

Like most of the colonies developed in the 1950s, Rajendra Nagar was primarily a

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refugee colony which came up during the years after the

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in 1947, when several such residential neighborhoods sprang up in the New Delhi area, including other examples such as Lajpat Nagar and

Patel Nagar Patel Nagar is one of the 3 sub-division of the West Delhi District in India. Area Patel Nagar is a large area and divided into the following colonies: * West Patel Nagar * East Patel Nagar * South Patel Nagar Neighbouring Areas Patel Nagar' ...

. Rajender Nagar benefits from links with the Delhi metro. Shankar road divides the Rajendra Nagar into New and Old Rajendra Nagar. Old Rajendra Nagar touches Karol Bagh, which is famous for shopping and eating. New Rajendra Nagar is between Old Rajendra Nagar and Ridge, and is also adjacent to Connaught Place, with Talkatora stadium a short walk away. The locality is posh with many parks in New Rajendra Nagar. Central Park in New Rajendra Nagar is called Nehru Park.

Administration

It is part of the

Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency Rajinder Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the seventy Delhi assembly constituencies of Delhi and includes the neighborhood of Rajendra Nagar, Delhi. Rajinder Nagar assembly constituency is a part of New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) N ...

Coaching industry

Rajendra Nagar is home to many coaching institutes. It is one of the two education hubs in Delhi for government job aspirants (the other being

Mukherjee Nagar Mukherjee Nagar, Popularly Known for SSC CGL Preparation, is a place in northern Delhi. It is located near GTB Nagar metro station of Yellow line. It is also known as Kingsway Camp. The place is a prominent commercial location for hundreds of ...

). However, the striking difference between these two locations is the demographics of students. While, majority of student-population in Rajendra Nagar comprises those preparing for exams conducted by UPSC (and usually in English medium), Mukherjee Nagar is dominated by a mix of students preparing (i) either for exams conducted by SSC (like CGL and CHSL) (ii) or for civil services exams in Hindi medium. The streets are filled with sprawling book stores, libraries, rental housing and eateries an ancillary business along with the coaching industry. Coaching industry of Rajendra Nagar and other parts of Delhi were severely impacted in 2020 because of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Notable people

Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan was born here in 1965 at the Talwar Nursing Home, and lived there for more than two decades while studying in

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 ...

and acting in TV series '' Fauji'' (1988), '' Circus'' (1989) and ''Dil Darya'', before moving to Mumbai in 1991 to pursue a career in films.SRK to run for Delhi
TNN , '' The Times of India'', 30 September 2009. "I was born here, in Talwar Nursing Home. I lived there for more than two decades in Rajinder Nagar" * Bollywood singer Jaspinder Narula was born and raised here. * Shakti Kapoor, Bollywood star, was also born and raised here. Other known residents included Dilip Kumar, the Bollywood star who lived here for some years,

Balraj Madhok Balraj Madhok (25 February 1920 – 2 May 2016) was an Indian political activist and politician from Jammu. Originally an activist of the nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), he later worked as a politician in the Bharati ...

a politician of the 1960s, Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, actress Divya Dutta and documentary filmmaker Avijit Mukul Kishore. Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir is a resident.

References

External links

Rajendra Nagar, Delhi location
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