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	[[File:1863 Dispatch Atlas Map of Delhi, India - Geographicus - Delhi-dispatch-1867.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Historic map of [[Delhi]] ([[Shahjahanabad]]), 1863, showing Paharganj outside the city walls (''top left corner'')]]		[[File:1863 Dispatch Atlas Map of Delhi, India - Geographicus - Delhi-dispatch-1867.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Historic map of [[Delhi]] ([[Shahjahanabad]]), 1863, showing Paharganj outside the city walls (''top left corner'')]]
	[[File:paharganj main bazaar.jpg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|''Main Bazaar'' of Paharganj, Delhi]]		[[File:paharganj main bazaar.jpg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|''Main Bazaar'' of Paharganj, Delhi]]

			===Mughal era===
			In the years after its establishment in 1638, [[Shahjahanabad]], the capital of the [[Mughal Empire]] under [[Shah Jahan]], was no longer contained within the walled city, it soon spilled into surrounding areas, stretching into miles at each end, where half of its population stayed.<ref>[[#Bl\|Blake, p. 57]]</ref> By 1739, the suburbs covered 1800 acres and included areas like Mughalpura, Sabzimandi, Paharganj, and Jaisingh Pura. One of the largest and most important suburban [[mohalla]] of the Walled City of Delhi, and located just outside the ''[[Gates of Delhi#Gates in the seventh city\|Ajmeri Gate]]'' of the [[Old Delhi\|Walled city]], Paharganj was one of five main markets of Delhi, and the only one outside the [[walled city]]. Also, it was the principal grain market of the city in the 18th century, where grain was ferried, across [[Yamuna River]], from wholesale markets and warehouses in [[Patparganj]] and [[Shahdara]].<ref name=blake58/> Just outside the Ajmeri Gate was the [[custom house]] of the emperor, for collecting taxes.<ref>[[#Bl\|Blake, p. 117]]</ref> Between Paharganj and Akbarabadi gate of the walled city was ''Shahganj'', another [[wholesale market]], while on the other side towards [[Jantar Mantar (Delhi)\|Jantar Mantar]] was ''Raja Bazar''.<ref name=blake58>[[#Bl\|Blake, p. 58]]</ref> In fact, Paharganj was also referred as ''Shahganj'' or King's ganj or market place during [[Mughal era]],<ref name=commons>{{cite book \|title=House of Commons papers, Volume 18 \|author=Great Britain, Parliament. House of Commons \|author-link=House of Commons of the United Kingdom\|publisher=HMSO\|year=1859\|page= 8\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xr4SAAAAYAAJ&q=Paharganj&pg=RA2-PA8 }}</ref> it gets its present name 'Paharganj', literally meaning ''Hilly neighbourhood'', owing to its proximity to the [[Raisina Hill]], where the [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]] stand today. Till 1857, neighbourhoods like Paharganj, Kishenganj, and Pahari Dhiraj, were separate pockets which in the following years grew and merged, for example Pahari Dhiraj merged into [[Sadar Bazaar, Delhi\|Sadar Bazaar]].<ref>{{cite book \|title=Delhi between two empires, 1803–1930: society, government and urban growth\|author=Narayani Gupta \|publisher=Oxford University Press\|year=1981\|page= 61\|isbn=9780195612592 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6SZuAAAAMAAJ&q=Paharganj }}</ref>



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	The area is popular with low-budget travellers for the cheap lodgings,<ref name=cctvht/> however, Paharganj has a poor record regarding [[Violence against women\|safety for women]], both domestic and international tourists, with Indian authorities encouraging tourists to refrain from the area, since it is an epicenter of the city's [[drug crime]], [[sexual assault]]s and [[sex trade]]. Instead, the more modern [[South Delhi]], particularly the neighbourhood of [[Hauz Khas]] within South Delhi,<ref name="auto7">{{cite web \|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/south-asia-institute/publications/working-papers/file108721.pdf \|title=Dynamics of social change in South Delhi's Hauz Khas Village \|last=Benroider \|first= Lucie\|year=2015 \|website= soas.ac.uk\|access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref> is now becoming the main center for backpackers.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Backpacker-haven-Paharganj-losing-out-to-safer-hip-hostels-in-south-Delhi/articleshow/48710074.cms\|title=Backpacker haven Paharganj losing out to safer, hip hostels in south Delhi\|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/251706/paharganj-trap-haven-tourists.html\|title=Paharganj: Trap or haven for tourists?\|date=23 May 2012\|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> The proliferation of illegal bars and illegal activities like drug peddling,<ref name="auto5">''Drug danger and social behaviour: new challenges'', by Bhim Sain. Sharada Prakashan, 1988. {{ISBN\|81-85320-00-4}}. p. ''138''.</ref> Paharganj has also become a hotspot for crime, and a criminal hideout.<ref name="auto6">{{cite news \|title=Scare after blast: Cartridges found near Paharganj hotel\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/delhi/30154000_1_cartridges-paharganj-hotel-bomb-blast \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021043450/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/delhi/30154000_1_cartridges-paharganj-hotel-bomb-blast \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 October 2011 \|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=14 September 2011 }}</ref> Many hotels and lodging in Paharganj are engaged in sex trade, gambling and other illicit activity, resulting in death of tourists.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Paharganj-A-den-of-vice/articleshow/575987.cms\|title=Paharganj: A den of vice?\|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The area is also known for engaging in [[sex trade]] with minor girls with large number of sex parlours and brothels involved with it.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/four-minor-sex-workers-rescued-from-paharganj-hotel-in-raid-756385\|title=Four minor sex workers rescued from Paharganj hotel in raid\|first=Tribune News\|last=Service\|website=Tribuneindia News Service}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/419461/move-over-gb-road-massage.html\|title=Move over GB Road, massage parlours are a new favourite\|date=13 July 2014\|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>		The area is popular with low-budget travellers for the cheap lodgings,<ref name=cctvht/> however, Paharganj has a poor record regarding [[Violence against women\|safety for women]], both domestic and international tourists, with Indian authorities encouraging tourists to refrain from the area, since it is an epicenter of the city's [[drug crime]], [[sexual assault]]s and [[sex trade]]. Instead, the more modern [[South Delhi]], particularly the neighbourhood of [[Hauz Khas]] within South Delhi,<ref name="auto7">{{cite web \|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/south-asia-institute/publications/working-papers/file108721.pdf \|title=Dynamics of social change in South Delhi's Hauz Khas Village \|last=Benroider \|first= Lucie\|year=2015 \|website= soas.ac.uk\|access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref> is now becoming the main center for backpackers.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Backpacker-haven-Paharganj-losing-out-to-safer-hip-hostels-in-south-Delhi/articleshow/48710074.cms\|title=Backpacker haven Paharganj losing out to safer, hip hostels in south Delhi\|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/251706/paharganj-trap-haven-tourists.html\|title=Paharganj: Trap or haven for tourists?\|date=23 May 2012\|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> The proliferation of illegal bars and illegal activities like drug peddling,<ref name="auto5">''Drug danger and social behaviour: new challenges'', by Bhim Sain. Sharada Prakashan, 1988. {{ISBN\|81-85320-00-4}}. p. ''138''.</ref> Paharganj has also become a hotspot for crime, and a criminal hideout.<ref name="auto6">{{cite news \|title=Scare after blast: Cartridges found near Paharganj hotel\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/delhi/30154000_1_cartridges-paharganj-hotel-bomb-blast \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021043450/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/delhi/30154000_1_cartridges-paharganj-hotel-bomb-blast \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 October 2011 \|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=14 September 2011 }}</ref> Many hotels and lodging in Paharganj are engaged in sex trade, gambling and other illicit activity, resulting in death of tourists.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Paharganj-A-den-of-vice/articleshow/575987.cms\|title=Paharganj: A den of vice?\|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The area is also known for engaging in [[sex trade]] with minor girls with large number of sex parlours and brothels involved with it.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/four-minor-sex-workers-rescued-from-paharganj-hotel-in-raid-756385\|title=Four minor sex workers rescued from Paharganj hotel in raid\|first=Tribune News\|last=Service\|website=Tribuneindia News Service}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/419461/move-over-gb-road-massage.html\|title=Move over GB Road, massage parlours are a new favourite\|date=13 July 2014\|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>

			==History==
			[[File:View of Ajmeri gate.JPG\|thumb\|left\|210px\|[[Ajmeri Gate]], once Paharganj's access to the [[Old Delhi\|walled city]]]]
			[[File:1863 Dispatch Atlas Map of Delhi, India - Geographicus - Delhi-dispatch-1867.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Historic map of [[Delhi]] ([[Shahjahanabad]]), 1863, showing Paharganj outside the city walls (''top left corner'')]]
			[[File:paharganj main bazaar.jpg\|right\|thumb\|250px\|''Main Bazaar'' of Paharganj, Delhi]]


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	'''Paharganj''' (literally 'hilly neighbourhood') is a neighbourhood of [[Central Delhi]], located just west of the [[New Delhi Railway Station]]. Known as ''Shahganj'' or King's ganj or market place during [[Mughal era]],<ref name=commons/> it is one of the three administrative subdivisions, of the [[Central Delhi]] district, of the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]], with the other two being, [[Darya Ganj]] and [[Karol Bagh]].		'''Paharganj''' (literally 'hilly neighbourhood') is a neighbourhood of [[Central Delhi]], located just west of the [[New Delhi Railway Station]]. Known as ''Shahganj'' or King's ganj or market place during [[Mughal era]],<ref name=commons/> it is one of the three administrative subdivisions, of the [[Central Delhi]] district, of the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]], with the other two being, [[Darya Ganj]] and [[Karol Bagh]].

			The area is popular with low-budget travellers for the cheap lodgings,<ref name=cctvht/> however, Paharganj has a poor record regarding [[Violence against women\|safety for women]], both domestic and international tourists, with Indian authorities encouraging tourists to refrain from the area, since it is an epicenter of the city's [[drug crime]], [[sexual assault]]s and [[sex trade]]. Instead, the more modern [[South Delhi]], particularly the neighbourhood of [[Hauz Khas]] within South Delhi,<ref name="auto7">{{cite web \|url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/south-asia-institute/publications/working-papers/file108721.pdf \|title=Dynamics of social change in South Delhi's Hauz Khas Village \|last=Benroider \|first= Lucie\|year=2015 \|website= soas.ac.uk\|access-date=15 August 2020}}</ref> is now becoming the main center for backpackers.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Backpacker-haven-Paharganj-losing-out-to-safer-hip-hostels-in-south-Delhi/articleshow/48710074.cms\|title=Backpacker haven Paharganj losing out to safer, hip hostels in south Delhi\|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/251706/paharganj-trap-haven-tourists.html\|title=Paharganj: Trap or haven for tourists?\|date=23 May 2012\|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> The proliferation of illegal bars and illegal activities like drug peddling,<ref name="auto5">''Drug danger and social behaviour: new challenges'', by Bhim Sain. Sharada Prakashan, 1988. {{ISBN\|81-85320-00-4}}. p. ''138''.</ref> Paharganj has also become a hotspot for crime, and a criminal hideout.<ref name="auto6">{{cite news \|title=Scare after blast: Cartridges found near Paharganj hotel\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/delhi/30154000_1_cartridges-paharganj-hotel-bomb-blast \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021043450/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/delhi/30154000_1_cartridges-paharganj-hotel-bomb-blast \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 October 2011 \|work=[[The Times of India]]\|date=14 September 2011 }}</ref> Many hotels and lodging in Paharganj are engaged in sex trade, gambling and other illicit activity, resulting in death of tourists.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Paharganj-A-den-of-vice/articleshow/575987.cms\|title=Paharganj: A den of vice?\|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The area is also known for engaging in [[sex trade]] with minor girls with large number of sex parlours and brothels involved with it.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/four-minor-sex-workers-rescued-from-paharganj-hotel-in-raid-756385\|title=Four minor sex workers rescued from Paharganj hotel in raid\|first=Tribune News\|last=Service\|website=Tribuneindia News Service}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/419461/move-over-gb-road-massage.html\|title=Move over GB Road, massage parlours are a new favourite\|date=13 July 2014\|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>


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'''Paharganj''' (literally 'hilly neighbourhood') is a neighbourhood of [[Central Delhi]], located just west of the [[New Delhi Railway Station]]. Known as ''Shahganj'' or King's ganj or market place during [[Mughal era]],<ref name=commons/> it is one of the three administrative subdivisions, of the [[Central Delhi]] district, of the [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]], with the other two being, [[Darya Ganj]] and [[Karol Bagh]].