Shaheen Bagh is a neighbourhood in the

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. It is on the U.P border and southernmost colony of the

Okhla Okhla is a suburban village located near Okhla barrage in the South East Delhi district of Delhi near the border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Its nearest industrial area called commonly as Okhla Industrial Area (OIA) or Okhla Industrial Est ...

(Jamia Nagar) area, situated along the banks of the

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. The locality is known for being the site of gathering for the

protest A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooper ...

against the

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(CAA),

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(NRC) and

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(NPR).

Etymology

Shaheen Bagh is named after the

Shaheen falcon The shaheen falcon (''Falco peregrinus peregrinator'') is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon found mainly in the Indian subcontinent. It has also been described as a migratory subspecies. Describes subspecies ''peregrinator'' "f ...

, with ''Shaheen'' itself being a Persian word. The name was chosen from a poem of Allama Iqbal's (

Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

) called ''Bal-e-Jibril'' (

Gabriel's Wing ''Bal-e-Jibril'' ( ur, بال جبریل; or ''Gabriel's Wing''; published in Urdu, 1935) was a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal (Muhammad Iqbal), the great poet-philosopher of the Indian subcontinent. Introduction Iqbal's first book ...

). The area started to be populated in the early to mid 1980s.

Connectivity

This area has connectivity to nearby commercial and official areas such as

Noida Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Noida is a satellite city of Delhi and is a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) o ...

Nehru Place Nehru Place is a large commercial center in Delhi, India. Although its importance as a financial center has declined in recent years, Nehru Place is still a prominent commercial area in South Delhi and houses the headquarters of several India ...

Sarita Vihar Sarita Vihar is a posh residential colony situated in South East Delhi, India. It is near the Kalindi Kunj- Noida Toll bridge or GD Birla Marg-Road 13A which connects the district to Noida. It is believed that the site was primarily chosen as th ...

, Jasola, Okhla Industrial Area,

Kalindi Kunj Kalindi Kunj is a public garden and a famous T point road in Delhi, located on the banks of River Yamuna, close to Okhla barrage. Atlantic Water World, an amusement park incorporating a water park, is located there. Gallery Atlantic Water ...

and

Okhla Railway Station Okhla railway station is a railway station in Okhla which is a residential and commercial neighborhood of East Delhi area of Delhi. Its code is OKA. The station is part of the Delhi Suburban Railway. The station consists of four platforms. The pl ...

. It also has connectivity to universities like Jamia Millia Islamia,

Jamia Hamdard Jamia Hamdard ( ur, ) is an institute of higher education deemed to be university located in New Delhi, India. It is a government-funded university. Established in 1989, it was formally inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India Shri R ...

, and Amity University. A metro train railway station named as

Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh metro station The Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh metro station is located on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh is part of Phase III of Delhi Metro on the Magenta Line.Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh metro station was opened on 25 Decembe ...

connects Shaheen Bagh to the

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 colou ...

network. A metro train station is present in Sarita Vihar, around 1–2 km from Shaheen Bagh. Buses for major routes start from nearby

Protest Site

This place is widely known for the

Shaheen Bagh protests The Shaheen Bagh protest was a peaceful sit-in protest in Delhi, India, that began on 15 December 2019 and lasted until 24 March 2020. The protest was led by women who blocked a major road at Shaheen Bagh using non-violent resistance 24×7. M ...

held during the nation-wide movement against the CAA, NRC and NPR. The protests were mainly led by Muslim women of Shaheen Bagh in a form sit-in for more than 4 months. They blocked the highway connecting

inspired by the call of Sharjeel Imam for 'Chakka Jam' (traffic block).

References

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