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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]]. | ||
Known for its concentration of affordable hotels, lodges, restaurants, [[dhaba]]s and a wide variety of shops catering to both domestic travellers and foreign tourists, especially backpackers and low-budget travellers, it has become particularly popular as a haunt for international cuisine.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/06/26/stories/2006062601960200.htm Manali in Paharganj!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225165824/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/06/26/stories/2006062601960200.htm |date=25 February 2008 }} ''[[The Hindu]]'', 26 June 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.delhilive.com/page/paharganj-traveler%E2%80%99s-delight-200801112082 Paharganj: A Traveler’s Delight] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113210234/http://www.delhilive.com/page/paharganj-traveler%E2%80%99s-delight-200801112082 |date=13 January 2008 }} ''www.delhilive.com'', 11 January 2008.</ref> | |||
However Paharganj has a poor record regarding safety of women since the area is noted for its scams, drug peddling, sexual assaults.<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><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><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="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> Instead, the more modern [[South Delhi]] 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="auto5">''Drug danger and social behaviour: new challenges'', by Bhim Sain. Sharada Prakashan, 1988. {{ISBN|81-85320-00-4}}. p. ''138''.</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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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> | 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> | ||
In the 1690s, [[Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I|Ghaziuddin Khan]], a general of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]], a leading [[Deccan sultanates|Deccan]] commander and the father of [[Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asaf Jah I|Asaf Jah I]], the founder of the [[Asaf Jahi dynasty]] of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], through religious endowment founded a [[madarsa]], ''Madrasa Ghaziuddin Khan'' after him. It eventually paved way for the present [[Zakir Hussain College]], which is 1986, shifted to a new building outside Turkman Gate, the old structure in the Madrasa Ghaziuddin complex, still houses a hostel for the college and also has Ghaziuddin's mausoleum.<ref>[[#Fa|Fanshawe, p. 64]]</ref> | |||
===British era=== | |||
[[File:Cheh Tuti Chowk or Six Tuti Chowk, Main Bazar, Paharganj.jpg|thumb|left|220px|''Cheh Tuti Chowk'' or Six Tuti Chowk, Main Bazar, Paharganj, with historic ''Qazi Wali Masjid'' in the background.]] | |||
When the [[Lutyens' Delhi]] was being built in the 1920s, the area also saw major development, and the old 'Imperial theatre', built-in 1930, stands as a legacy to that era. Though its neighboring area of ''Jaisinghpura'',<ref name=commons/> where [[Gurudwara Bangla Sahib]] stands today, along with ''Madhoganj'' and ''Raja ka Bazaar'' were demolished to make way for the [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]], shopping district.<ref>{{cite news|title=A tale of two cities|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/A-tale-of-two-cities/Article1-740282.aspx|work=Hindustan Times|date=1 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702164816/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/A-tale-of-two-cities/Article1-740282.aspx|archive-date=2 July 2015}}</ref> Indeed, the "Delhi Town Planning Committee on the planning of new Imperial capital" with [[George Swinton]] as chairman and John A. Brodie and [[Lutyens]] as members, submitted its report on 13 June 1912, it proposed a plan to include Paharganj and [[Sadar Bazaar, Delhi|Sadar Bazaar]] into the developing new imperial city, as they were only areas of Old Delhi, spilling into the planned New Delhi area. However, it was rejected by the Viceroy, when the cost of compensation while acquiring the properties, was found to be too high. The central axis of New Delhi, which today faces east at [[India Gate]], was previously meant to be a North-South axis, linking [[Viceroy's House]] with Paharganj, as the end of the axis.<ref name=mo109>[[#Mo|Mohan, p. 109]]</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Civic affairs, Volume 8, Issues 1–6|author= P. C. Kapoor |publisher=Citizen Press |year=1960|page=72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9OgmAQAAIAAJ&q=Paharganj }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Committees and commissions in pre-independence India 1836–1947, Vol. 4|author=M. Anees Chishti|chapter=Delhi Town Planning Committee |publisher=Mittal Publications|year=2001|isbn=81-7099-804-2 |page=220 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O9Wck_MEB9cC&q=Paharganj&pg=PA220 }}</ref> | |||
Gradually, ''Chai-Tuti-Chowk'' or Six Tuti [[:wikt:chowk|Chowk]], named after six water taps originally place here for the public, developed as an important [[market square]], and a shopping area of Paharganj, within shops of cloth merchants coming up around it.<ref name=mo7/> Prior to the inauguration of New Delhi in 1931, the [[New Delhi Railway Station]] was opened with a single platform near [[Ajmeri Gate]] in 1926, till then the [[Old Delhi Railway Station]] served the entire city. This changed Paharganj landscape indelibly, with an influx of travelers, small eateries started coming up in the area, and also temporary residential facilities.<ref name=ht>{{cite news|title=A fine balance of luxury and care|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/chunk-ht-ui-newdelhi100years-topstories/A-fine-balance-of-luxury-and-care/Article1-723880.aspx|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214175839/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/chunk-ht-ui-newdelhi100years-topstories/a-fine-balance-of-luxury-and-care/article1-723880.aspx|archive-date=14 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
The famous ''Shri Nand Lal Sharma [[dhaba]]'' was set up here in 1928, over time, his son built a three-storey hotel on spot, and now his grandson manages the ''Metropolis'', known for its rooftop restaurant, which still has many Russian dishes on its menu.<ref>{{cite news |title=100 years of Dilli Khana |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/life/article2071297.ece |work=[[Business Line]] |year=2011 }}</ref> "Shiela Cinema" at Paharganj was Delhi's first [[70mm]] screen, second being "Odeon" in [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]].<ref name=fourht>{{cite news|title=The famous four|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/Delhi100/The-famous-four/newdelhi/SP-Article10-745362.aspx|work=Hindustan Times|date=14 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023021832/http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/Delhi100/The-famous-four/newdelhi/SP-Article10-745362.aspx|archive-date=23 October 2012}}</ref> "Imperial" and "Khanna" were other talkies in the area.<ref name=mo7>[[#Mo|Mohan, p. 107]]</ref> Gradually, the entire area was catering to the tourism industry, though the grain [[bazaar]]s of Mughal era were long gone, in early 20th century, Paharganj still had principal markets in Delhi for building materials, cement, timber and steel, but by 1947 they had mostly shifted to other locations in the city, while Paharganj had become primarily a densely populated residential and commercial area, replete with cheap hotels and restaurants for domestic and foreign tourists.<ref>{{cite book |title=Urbanization, urban development, and metropolitan cities in India|author=Viswambhar Nath|chapter=Delhi Before 1947|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year= 2007 |isbn=978-81-8069-412-7 |page=244 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Obd1vEVEPdgC&q=Paharganj&pg=PA244 }}</ref> | |||
[[File:Street in Paharganj.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Popular with [[backpacking (wilderness)|backpacker]]s, since the 1970s.]] | |||
[[File:Pahar Ganj Street.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Street in Pahar Ganj, Delhi, 2009]] | |||
[[File:DB Gupta Road, Paharganj, Delhi.JPG|thumbnail|right|DB Gupta Road in Paharganj, a morning view]] | |||
Paharganj witnessed upheavals during the prolonged [[Indian independence struggle]], like during the [[Quit India Movement]] of August 1942, the British barracks near Paharganj were attacked and the soldiers' were thrown out, who then sought refuge in an Indian's bungalow, later the Paharganj Post office and five terminal tax posts were also raided by the mob and burnt down.<ref>{{cite book |title=The way out to freedom: an inquiry into the Quit India Movement conducted by participants|author=A. Moin Zaidi|publisher=Orientalia (India)|year=1973|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.15555/page/n103 85] |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.15555}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Quit India Movement: British secret documents, Vol. 1|author=Pran Nath Chopra|author2=Shri Ram Bakshi|publisher=Interprint|year=1986 |isbn=81-85017-32-8 |page=17 }}</ref> | |||
====Hindu Jat and Muslim riots of 1924==== | |||
{{see also | Jhandewalan_Temple#Hindu_Jat_and_Muslim_riots_of_1924 | label 1 = Jhandewalan riots of 1924}} | |||
During the [[British Raj]], Muslims had built a slaughterhouse closer to the [[Jhandewalan_Temple#Hindu_Jat_and_Muslim_riots_of_1924|Jhandewalan temple]]. In May 1924 on the day of [[Eid al-Adha|Bakri Eid]] the Muslims of Pahari Dhiraj of Paharganj slaughtered the cow – which is revered by the Hindus as sacred [[Kamadhenu#Worship|Kamadhenu]] – in the slaughterhouse closer to the Jhandewala temple. This angered the Hindu [[Jat people|Jats]] of [[Sadar Bazaar, Delhi|Sadar Bazaar]], which led to the riots among the Jats and Muslims from 11 to 18 July, resulting in loss of life and property. [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] repeatedly requested [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) to stop the rioting Jats, but Gandhi and INC were unable to control the situation. Riots were eventually stopped by the police.<ref name=chauhan5>Biresh Chaudhuri, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vS4qDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA78&dq=Jhandewalan+Temple&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi0wN247_nfAhVLtY8KHQbiBVIQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=Jhandewalan%20Temple&f=false Nationalist Movement In Delhi 1911–1932], Page 78.</ref> | |||
===Post-independence=== | |||
Subsequently, during the [[Partition of India]] in 1947 it again saw extensive rioting,<ref>{{cite book |title=Legacy of a divided nation: India's Muslims since independence|author=Mushirul Hasan|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|year= 1997|isbn=1-85065-304-6|page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNKqYp-LTnkC&q=Paharganj&pg=PA172 }}</ref> thereafter the area saw a vast influx of [[Hindu]] refugees from [[Pakistan]], when several shops and small establishments were allotted to them, since then the area has seen vast development, and seen it the burgeoning marketplace that it is today. | |||
With the arrival of the [[Hippie]] movement in the 70s at India's shores, the area became a regular part of the [[Hippie trail]], for [[hippie]]s, [[backpacking (travel)|backpacker]]s, and college students looking for budget accommodations near [[Connaught Place, New Delhi]] and [[New Delhi Railway Station]]. Gradually the hotels and guest houses spread till neighboring Ram Nagar and an area along Deshbandhu Gupta Road.<ref name=mo109/> This legacy which continues even today, with its streams of budget hotels, cafes and restaurants, specializing in [[global cuisines]], and hordes of [[cybercafe]]s.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990430/ige30126.html Paharganj turns Delhi's Cyberia, businessmen find fortune on Net] ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 30 April 1999.</ref> Apart from that Paharganj also has a [[Chabad House]] as it is frequented by the large number of Jewish and Israeli tourists, and bakeries like 'German Bakery', named 'Ajay Cafe' 19 years ago.<ref>{{cite news |title=City's own German Bakery and Chabad House given security cover|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-17/delhi/28136779_1_german-bakery-chabad-house-foreign-tourists |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927183119/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-17/delhi/28136779_1_german-bakery-chabad-house-foreign-tourists |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]]|date=17 February 2010}}</ref> | |||
The area is known for its concentration of affordable hotels, lodges, restaurants, [[dhaba]]s and a wide variety of shops catering to both domestic travellers and foreign tourists, especially backpackers and low-budget travellers, it has become particularly popular as a haunt for international cuisine.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/06/26/stories/2006062601960200.htm Manali in Paharganj!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225165824/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2006/06/26/stories/2006062601960200.htm |date=25 February 2008 }} ''[[The Hindu]]'', 26 June 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.delhilive.com/page/paharganj-traveler%E2%80%99s-delight-200801112082 Paharganj: A Traveler’s Delight] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113210234/http://www.delhilive.com/page/paharganj-traveler%E2%80%99s-delight-200801112082 |date=13 January 2008 }} ''www.delhilive.com'', 11 January 2008.</ref> Over the years, Paharganj has become the biggest hotel hub for low-budget foreign tourists in Delhi,<ref name=cctvht/> though with rising congestion, the proliferation of illegal bars and illegal activities like drug peddling,<ref name="auto5"/> Paharganj has also become a hotspot for crime, and a criminal hideout.<ref name="auto6"/> The area has shelters and homes, run by [[Salaam Baalak Trust]], an NGO, for [[street children|street]] and working children, established in 1988. The trust has run the [[Salaam Baalak City Walk - New Delhi]], a guided tour through Paharganj and New Delhi Railway Station area. The guides are former street children from the trust. The walk aims to sensitize about street life, street children and Indian society problems. During the walk, the guides share their personal story of survival with the participants and show them the contact points and shelter homes SBT provides.<ref>[http://www.sawf.org/newedit/edit05222006/index.asp Indian Street Kids Offer Glimpse Into Their Lives With Guided Tours] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118181050/http://www.sawf.org/newedit/edit05222006/index.asp |date=18 January 2012 }} ''South Asian Women's Forum'', 22 May 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/04/06/stories/2007040600050100.htm Runaway guides] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616202134/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/04/06/stories/2007040600050100.htm |date=16 June 2010 }} ''[[The Hindu]]'', ''Businessline'', 6 April 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070312/asp/nation/story_7505005.asp Discover a Delhi underbelly you never knew, through the eyes of child guides] ''[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]'', 12 March 2007.</ref> | |||
In 2005, during [[29 October 2005 Delhi bombings|29 October 2005 Delhi serial bombings]], the first blast took place in the main bazaar of Paharganj, during busy shopping period, two days before festival of [[Diwali]].<ref name=cctvht>{{cite news|title=CCTVs: Capital's blind eyes|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chunk-ht-ui-print-delhi-mainnews-metro/CCTVs-Capital-s-blind-eyes/Article1-743370.aspx|work=Hindustan Times|date=9 September 2011|access-date=18 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023033626/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chunk-ht-ui-print-delhi-mainnews-metro/CCTVs-Capital-s-blind-eyes/Article1-743370.aspx|archive-date=23 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
Ahead of the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]], a massive Rs. 800 million ($17 million) facelift program for Paharganj was implemented by [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]] (MCD) in 2009, it included 56 roads and lanes in Paharganj, where over 500 hotels and lodges were expecting to host visitors for the games. Some shops were demolished in areas like Main Bazar, Ram Nagar market and Amrit Kaur market, markets were given uniform design, all road was relaid, sidewalks and pavements were also added, to decongest the area by September 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paharganj in for a spruce-up |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/23/stories/2009102359860400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027230350/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/23/stories/2009102359860400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 October 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date= 23 October 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New-look Paharganj ready for Games visitors|url=http://www.sify.com/news/new-look-paharganj-ready-for-games-visitors-news-national-kjwpuchedgi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022160908/http://www.sify.com/news/new-look-paharganj-ready-for-games-visitors-news-national-kjwpuchedgi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2012 |publisher=[[Sify.com]] News |date=22 September 2010}}</ref> However, a number of hotels and guest houses have been violating building and hygiene codes, so tourists are advised to avoid the area.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hindu|first=The|title=Several Paharganj guest houses facing sealing threat|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/31/stories/2010123164770400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105150315/http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/31/stories/2010123164770400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 January 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|date= 31 December 2010}}</ref> | |||
==Historic monuments== | |||
[[File:Imperial Cinema in Paharganj, Delhi.jpg|thumb|180px|Imperial Cinema in Paharganj]] | |||
Paharganj is also home to the historic [[Qadam Sharif (Delhi)|Qadam Sharif]] [[dargah]], dedicated to the footprint of Prophet Mohammed, originally built by [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]], a 14th-century [[Sultan of Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Aurangzeb and the thieves |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article2466248.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=19 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Mughal gardens: sources, places, representations, and prospects|author=James L. Wescoat|author2=Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn |publisher=Dumbarton Oaks |year=1996|isbn=0-88402-235-8 |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=96ec98LieGsC&q=Qadam+Sharif+%28Delhi%29&pg=PA89 }}</ref> ''Qazi Wali Masjid'', known for its intricate engravings, and arched doorways.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/01/stories/2003050100400300.htm Qazi Wali Masjid in Paharganj]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''[[The Hindu]]'', 1 May 2003.</ref> The grave of [[poet laureate]] of [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] court, [[Zauq]], who lived nearby Nabi Karim and died in 1854, lies in the bylanes of Paharganj. It was restored in early 2000s, after the Supreme Court orders, but his house was never identified.<ref name=pahar>{{cite news |title=In the lanes of Zauq and Ghalib |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/in-the-lanes-of-zauq-and-ghalib/434583/ |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=15 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121091428/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/in-the-lanes-of-zauq-and-ghalib/434583/ |archive-date=21 January 2012 }}</ref> | |||
==Administration and politics== | |||
Today [[Sadar Bazaar, Delhi|Sadar]]-Paharganj constitutes one of the 12 administrative zones of [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]] (MCD).<ref>[http://www.mcdonline.gov.in/mcd/zones.html Zones] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109051338/http://www.mcdonline.gov.in/mcd/zones.html |date=9 January 2009 }} [[Municipal Corporation of Delhi]].</ref> | |||
Paharganj was a Delhi Metropolitan Council segment, within the Chandni Chowk, Lok Sabha constituency, 1966–93. Thereafter it remained the [[Delhi State Assembly]] constituency, under [[Chandni Chowk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandni Chowk]], [[Lok Sabha]] constituency, from 1993 to 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhi.gov.in/DoIT/DoIT_CEO/parliamentary.pdf|title=List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies, General Election to the Lok Sabha, 2004|publisher=Government of Delhi website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006180007/http://www.delhi.gov.in/DoIT/DoIT_CEO/parliamentary.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2011}}</ref> Subsequently, following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, in 2008, it became of the [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|New Delhi]] Lok Sabha constituency.<ref name="eci1">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|publisher=The Election Commission of India|page=556}}</ref> | |||
==Tourism== | |||
Paharganj has known for its affordable hotels, lodges, and a wide variety of shops especially among backpackers starting from the 1970s. However, the area now is noted for having scams, drug peddling, sexual assaults and prostitution.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4"/> Now newer part of the city, particularly [[South Delhi]] most preferred among backpackers.<ref name="auto"/> | |||
==In popular culture== | |||
The tourist culture of Paharganj has been a theme for many films, including [[Kate Winslet]] starrer, ''[[Holy Smoke!]]'' (1999), parts of which were shot when she stayed at a Paharganj hotel, in September 1998.<ref>{{cite news |title=Titanic Rose fails to bloom in Paharganj |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980923/26652014.html |work=The Indian Express |date=23 September 1998 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2008, parts of the Hindi film, ''[[Dev.D]]'' (2009) directed by [[Anurag Kashyap]] were shot in Paharganj area, depicting the seedy side of hotel industry, from prostitution to drug peddling.<ref name=hind>[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200812100932.htm 'Dev D' is not like Sudhir Mishra's 'Aur Devdas'] [[The Hindu]], Wednesday, 10 December 2008.</ref> | |||
==Further reading== | |||
* ''Delhi Between Two Empires, 1803–1931: Society, Government and Urban Growth'', by Narayani Gupta. Published by Oxford University Press, 1981. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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* {{cite book |title=Delhi, development and change|chapter=The Loveable Street Paharganj|author= I. Mohan | |||
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* {{cite book |title=Shahjahanabad: The Sovereign City in Mughal India 1639–1739 |chapter=Suburbs -Paharganj|author=Stephen P. Blake|publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2002|isbn=0-521-52299-4 |page=58,117 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ0e0kfgttUC&q=%22Paharganj%22&pg=PA58 |ref= Bl}} | |||
* {{cite news |title=What terror can never touch in Sarojini Nagar and Paharganj |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/81074/ |work= The Indian Express|date=30 October 2005}} | |||
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