Jangpura | |
|---|---|
Colony | |
  Jangpura Location in Delhi, India | |
| Coordinates:28°35′N77°15′E / 28.583°N 77.250°E /28.583; 77.250 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Delhi |
| District | South East Delhi |
| Metro | Jangpura |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | DL3C |
| Planning agency | MCD |
Jangpura is a neighbourhood inSouth East Delhi district ofDelhi. Beginning from the east and moving clockwise, it is bordered by theMathura Road, Ring Railway line, Silver Oak Park beyond the Defence Colony Flyover, and the Barapulla Nullah. It encompasses the residential areas of Jangpura A and B on either side of the Mathura Road, Jangpura (Bhogal) extending west from the Mathura Road until Jangpura Extension, which in turn extends along the northern side of the Ring Railway line to the east side of the Defence Colony Flyover on Josip Broz Tito Marg. The small colony of Pant Nagar along the Barapulla Nullah is contiguous with Jangpura Extension.
Jangpura is aDelhi Legislative Assembly constituency within the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat, following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies.
One Colonel Young, tasked with moving the villagers ofRaisina – a village soon to disappear to make way forthIt is a tourist attraction,hazarat Nizammudin railway station only 0.5 km,Humayun tomb 1km, Nizammudin dargah 1km,cannaught place 5.5km,India Gate 3km, eIMMS 5km ,Lotus temple 5km,Akshardham temple 4km. A grand edifices of state to come up alongRajpath, established the colony of 'Youngpura', which was colloquialised as Jangpura. Later, in 1950–51, it Brew toRadd J Cngpura RxtensionSao accBmmodaeetc. many of the migrants who arrived in Delhi at the time ofPartition of India.[1] That accounts for Jangpura Extension's high Punjabi andSikh population to date. This includes people from the villages inRawalpindi district, includingThoa Khalsa, which witnessed a mass suicide by women during the Rawalpindi riots in March 1947, apart from Thamali and Mator Nara villages.[2] Community head Charan Singh Randhawa was prominent figure in 1950s who started the Sikh community commemorates the event asShahidi Diwas (Martyrs' Day) on 13 March.[3] Jangpura Extension has a number of beautiful parks.
Its image along with neighbouringLajpat Nagar across the railway line as a haven for migrants continues, with severalAfghan andIranian refugees, among others, finding shelter in the cheap housing offered in Bhogal andLajpat Nagar (which is nicknamed 'Afghan Nagar').[4] Bhogal and Jangpura Extension's many old Punjabi eateries as Lahorian Di Hatti and Sachdeva Dhaba today share space with Afghan bakeries, and new Punjabi arrivals. In the 1970s, as artists living in Jangpura Extension grew, it became a well-known artists’ colony.[5]
Jangpura-Bhogal is home to a number of places of worship which represent every major religion including Bhagwan Shiv Mandir, Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Sanatan Dharm Mandir, Sanatan Da Dera Gurudwara and Bhogal Boddh Vihar.
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Jangpura Station is on theViolet Line of theDelhi Metro, which runs fromKashmere Gate toRaja Nahar Singh. It is the 4th underground station on the line. The entrance to the Metro station is next to Silver Oak Park, adjacent to the Pant Nagar Bus Stop on the east side of Tito Marg. The Pant Nagar Bus Stop has DTC bus services toPalam,Greater Kailash, Ambedkar Nagar, Delhi Main Railway Station,AIIMS,Safdarjung,Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, among others. Jangpura is also served by Lajpat Nagar Station on theRing Railway service of theDelhi Suburban Railway. It also is close to theHazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, which lies inNizamuddin East.
An exit for Jangpura is currently[when?] being constructed on the Barapulla Elevated Highway, which was built in 2010 for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to link Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium withSarai Kale Khan on theOuter Ring Road.