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[[File:Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.jpg|thumb|'''Sheikh Mujibur Rahman''' after whom the road is named]]<br />
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'''Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Road''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব সড়ক, [[Hindi]]: बंगबंधु शेख मुजीब मार्ग, [[Urdu]]: {{Nastaliq|بنگ بندھو شیخ مجیب مارگ}}) is a street situated in [[Lutyens' Delhi]] at the centre of [[New Delhi]], capital of [[India]]. The road was formerly named Park Street. The name was changed by [[New Delhi Municipal Council]] as a "friendly gesture" towards [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/delhis-park-street-renamed-after-sheikh-mujibur-rahman/articleshow/58053476.cms|title=Delhi's Park Street renamed after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|date=6 April 2017|website=The Economic Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250121104425/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/delhis-park-street-renamed-after-sheikh-mujibur-rahman/articleshow/58053476.cms |archive-date=21 January 2025 }}</ref> The road is named after Bangabandhu [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], founding president of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/foreign-affairs/2017/04/09/delhi-park-street-sheikh-road|title=Delhi's Park Street renamed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Road|date=9 April 2017|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> The newly renamed road was opened by Prime Minister [[Sheikh Hasina]] and Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] on 8 April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/218135/Road-in-New-Delhi-named-after-Bangabandhu-Sheikh-Mujib |title=Road in New Delhi named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib |date=2017-04-08 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=[[Daily Sun (Bangladesh)|Daily Sun]] |last=Sangbad Sangstha |first=Bangladesh |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220924132213/https://www.daily-sun.com/post/218135/Road-in-New-Delhi-named-after-Bangabandhu-Sheikh-Mujib |archive-date=2022-09-24 |url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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The road starts from traffic roundabout that connects Shankar Road and Mandir Marg, from that point the road goes towards Mother Teresa Crescent. [[Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital]] is located next to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/world/south-asia/new-delhi-park-street-named-after-bangabandhu-1387399|title=New Delhi's Park Street named after Bangabandhu|date=6 April 2017|website=The Daily Star}}</ref> The road is located 2.25&nbsp;km from [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]].<br />
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[[Sushma Swaraj]], then External Affairs Minister of India, chose the position of the road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/hasina-thanks-new-delhi-for-naming-road-after-bangabandhu-1491671555.html|title=Hasina thanks New Delhi for naming road after Bangabandhu|date=8 April 2017|website=The Statesman}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of things named after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]<br />
* [[List of artistic depictions of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]<br />
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[[Category:Streets in New Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Memorials to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladesh–India relations]]</div>Indian constitution