Nizamuddin West

Nizamuddin West
Nizamuddin West
Neighborhood of Delhi
	Nizamuddin West Location in Delhi, India
	Coordinates: 28°35′N 77°15′E / 28.583°N 77.250°ECoordinates: 28°35′N 77°15′E / 28.583°N 77.250°E
Country	India
State	Delhi
District	South east Delhi
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Planning agency	MCD

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Nizamuddin West is an upscale residential locality ,conveniently located south of India gate. It is a historically busy neighbourhood in Central Delhi and has many parks and trees. It sits in the green lung of delhi,with Humayun's Tomb ,Sunder Nursery and Delhi Golf club around it. The popular landmarks around it are Khan Market,Lodi Garden,Oberoi Hotel. It is well connected with Public transport.

History[edit]

The Nizamuddin West locality located in Central Delhi is named after 13th century Sufi saint, Nizamuddin Auliya, whose shrine or dargah in Urdu is situated within the area. With the opening of the Nizamuddin Metro Station on the Pink Line, the prices of the colony are expected to rise further.^{[citation needed]}

The colony has been home to noted writers, scholars and freedom fighters in the past. Noted Islamic scholar and peace activist, Padam Bhushan Maulana Wahiduddin Khan lives here. The first Chief Executive Councillor of Delhi and veteran freedom fighter Padma Shri Mir Mushtaq Ahmad resided here. Amarnath Vidyalankar, freedom fighter and former MP was also a resident.^{[citation needed]}

Historic sites[edit]

The tomb of Nizamuddin Auliya^[1]
The Jama 'at-Khana-Masjid or Khalji mosque^[1] built in 1325 by Khizr Khan, son of Alauddin Khalji^[2]
The shrine to Amir Khusrow^[1]
The grave of the 19th-century Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib and the adjacent Ghalib Academy
The tomb of Khan i Jahan Tilangani.^[3]
Kalan Masjid

Notes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Saniotis, Arthur (2008). "Enchanted Landscapes: Sensuous Awareness as Mystical Practice among Sufis in North India". The Australian Journal of Anthropology. 19 (1): 17–26. doi:10.1111/j.1835-9310.2008.tb00103.x.
↑ "Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah (Nizamu'din)". India Infoweb. 2008. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008.
↑ Sanatani, Rohit Priyadarshi. "The Tomb of Khan - i Jahan Tilangani: A forgotten gem". The Speaking Arch. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

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[Saniotis-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Saniotis, Arthur (2008). "Enchanted Landscapes: Sensuous Awareness as Mystical Practice among Sufis in North India". The Australian Journal of Anthropology. 19 (1): 17–26. doi:10.1111/j.1835-9310.2008.tb00103.x.

[2] "Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah (Nizamu'din)". India Infoweb. 2008. Archived from the original on 9 June 2008.

[3] Sanatani, Rohit Priyadarshi. "The Tomb of Khan - i Jahan Tilangani: A forgotten gem". The Speaking Arch. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

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