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Najafgarh | |
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 Aerial view of western Najafgarh in 2016 | |
  Najafgarh Location in India | |
| Coordinates:28°36′45″N76°59′5″E / 28.61250°N 76.98472°E /28.61250; 76.98472 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Delhi |
| District | South West Delhi |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,365,152[1] |
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| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 110043 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | West Delhi |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Najafgarh |
| Civic agency | MCD |
Najafgarh is a town in theSouth West Delhi district ofDelhi, India. It is one of the three subdivisions of the South West Delhi district.[3] Najafgarh is located on outskirts of NCT Delhi in south western part ofDelhi sharing its territory limits withGurgaon andBahadurgarh, inHaryana.
Before the foundation of modern Najafgarh, the site was occupied by the town ofMas'ūdābād.[4]: 10 Mas'ūdābād was listed in theAin-i-Akbari as apargana insarkar Delhi. It was assessed at 2,809,156dams in revenue and supplied a force of 30 cavalry and 30 infantry. It was described as having an old brick fort and a prominentJat population.[5]: 288
Najafgarh was named afterMirza Najaf Khan[6][7] (1723–1782) the commander-in-chief of theMughal Army under the EmperorShah Alam II.[8][9] He marched several kilometres from the capital ofShahjahanabad to establish a military outpost, which would guard Delhi against attacks byBritish,Rohillas andSikhs. He built a strong fort,[10] in the suburbs beyond the capital city, and settled a small number of theMughal here. That fort was later named Najafgarh.[11] After the death of Najaf Khan, Najafgarh later became a fortified stronghold of the RohillaAfghan chieftainZabita Khan.[12]
During theIndian Rebellion of 1857, and as a part of theSiege of Delhi,[13] theBattle of Najafgarh took place on 25 August 1857[14] between Indian rebels andEast India Company soldiers.[15] Approximately 800 people were killed.[16] After the defeat of the Mughal troops in 1857, Delhi came under the control of the British Empire in 1858. Najafgarh became a part ofDelhi district[17] of the Delhi Division ofPunjab Province. Delhi was transferred from theNorth-Western Provinces (later the United Provinces) toPunjab by the British Government in 1859.[18]
In 1861, the North-Western Provinces education system was abolished in Delhi,[19]: 18 and a new system for schools modelled on the Punjab education system was introduced by W.M. Holroyd, the Inspector of Schools for theAmbala Division.[19]: 47 New schools were opened atNarela, Najafgarh,Mehrauli and their suburbs. Several schools were opened in the following decades. The Delhi Normal School was shifted to Najafgarh fromKashmere Gate in 1911.[19]: 71 [20] The Delhi Normal School, with a small attached Model School,[21] trained its teachers in closer accordance with European methods than any other Normal School in Northern India.[22]
In 1947, Najafgarh became a part ofindependent India and fell under theunion territory of Delhi.Najafgarh Assembly Constituency was established in 1993 when theDelhi legislative assembly was re-established after the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment Act, 1991) came into force. This declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of Delhi.[23]Najafgarh is now one of the most populous electoral regions in theNational Capital Region of India (NCR). Najafgarh is surrounded by 70 villages bordering Haryana. The borders are 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the main Najafgarh Market.
Najafgarh is located at28°36′N76°59′E / 28.60°N 76.98°E /28.60; 76.98[24] in theSouth West Delhi district in theNCT of Delhi. Najafgarh is situated 29 kilometres (18 mi) Southwest of the New Delhi City Centre and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest to the district headquarters atDwarka. It has an average elevation of 218 m (715 ft) above mean Sea Level.[25]Najafgarh Drain, the continuation of theSahibi River and an elongation of theNajafgarh Lake is the Indian capital's most polluted body of water[26] due to the direct inflow of untreated sewage from surrounding populated areas. A January 2005 report by theCentral Pollution Control Board classifies this drain, with 13 other highly polluted wetlands, under category ‘‘D’’ for assessing the water quality of wetlands in wildlife habitats.[27][28]
As of 2011 India census, the population of Najafgarh is 1,365,152.[1] Female sex Ratio is of 872 against Delhi's average of 868. Moreover, the child sex ratio in Najafgarh is around 832 compared to Delhi's average of 871.[1] The literacy rate is 88.1%.[1]Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.60% of total population in Najafgarh.
The Najafgarh constituency of theDelhi Legislative Assembly was created in 2008 based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.[29]
Neelam Pahalwan of theBharatiya Janata Party has been itsrepresentative since 2025,defeating Tarun Yadav of theAam Aadmi Party. The Najafgarh assembly constituency is part of theWest Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency).
Indira Gandhi International Airport is the nearest international airport to Najafgarh.
The Najafgarh is well connected to Delhi Metro, its metro station is located on theGrey Line of the Delhi Metro. It was opened for public on 4 October 2019.
As part of Phase III of Delhi Metro, Najafgarh is metro station of the Grey Line. Station was opened for public on 4 October 2019.[1] Najafgarh metro station is 288 meters long and is situated at a depth of 21 meters from the road level. The station is unique as it is only metro depot station to operate both Broad gauge and Standard gauge trains.
Delhi Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) is pass through Najafgarh near Sai baba mandir as UER-II provides big relief to Najafgarh traffic as commercial as well as private vehicles earlier use Najafgarh as a bypass for NH-8, NH-10 which creates chaos in massive traffic jam. But Now, Najafgarh is traffic free zone.
Najafgarh is connected by roads with major destinations all over Delhi and Haryana. TheDTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) and DIMTS (Delhi Multi-Model Transit System) provide bus services from Najafgarh Bus Terminal to the other parts of Delhi. In October 2019, a new metro line called theGrey Line was linked from Dwarka to Najafgarh, taking the rapid transit system to the area for the first time. The line was further extended to Dhansa Bus Stand in September 2021, thereby linking the interior rural areas of Najafgarh.
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