Shahjahan Road (

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: शाहजहाँ मार्ग / रोड) is an important road of central

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. It stretches from the

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junction on the north side and to the Taj Mansingh Hotel at the junction of Mansingh Road,

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road formerly, Aurangzeb Road is a road in New Delhi, India. It lies at the north-east end, stretching from the 'Taj Mansingh Hotel' at the roundabout of Mansingh Road, Shahjahan Road, Humayun Road, Prithviraj Road and a road ...

Humayun Road Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad ( fa, ) (; 6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), better known by his regnal name, Humāyūn; (), was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, who ruled over territory in what is now Eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan, Norther ...

Prithviraj Road Prithviraj Road (Hindi: पृथ्वीराज मार्ग, Urdu: پرتھوی راج مارگ ''Pṛthvīrāj Mārg'') is one of the historic & influential roads of New Delhi. It houses the most elite residences of major people of India. ...

and a road to

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on the south. Also lined up on the Shahjahan Road are government houses for High Court Judges, Ministers and senior officials & bureaucrats in the Government of India. It is named after the Mughal Emperor of India,

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Important places

It houses the famous UPSC or

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headquarters at

Dholpur House Dholpur House is the former residence of the Rana of Dholpur in Delhi. It is located next to India Gate on Shahjahan Road. It was constructed in the 1920s in the Art Deco style. The walls on the exterior are painted in white. Today the Unio ...

. Also the Army officers Mess and the

Kota House Kota House is the former residence of the Maharao of Kota in New Delhi, India. It is located on Shahjahan Road. It has been used as a wartime military hospital and a military hostel. It is now a naval mess and hotel facility. History The Kot ...

. In the nearby

Jamnagar House Jamnagar House is the former residence of the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar State in Delhi. The office of the Deputy Commissioner of New Delhi district is located at Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road in New Delhi. Central Wakf Council has its office ...

is the headquarters of

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