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'''Lajpat Nagar''' is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the [[South East Delhi]] district of [[Delhi]]. It was named in honor of [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] and is today most known for the Lajpat Nagar Central Market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zakoopi.com/articles/6-saree-shops-you-should-absolutely-checkout-for-wedding-shopping-in-lajpat-nagar|title=6 Saree Shops You Should Absolutely Checkout For Wedding Shopping in Lajpat Nagar}}</ref> This area is not to be confused with the Lajpat Nagar in [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]] in the [[National Capital Region (India)|NCR]] region. | '''Lajpat Nagar''' is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the [[South East Delhi]] district of [[Delhi]]. It was named in honor of [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] and is today most known for the Lajpat Nagar Central Market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zakoopi.com/articles/6-saree-shops-you-should-absolutely-checkout-for-wedding-shopping-in-lajpat-nagar|title=6 Saree Shops You Should Absolutely Checkout For Wedding Shopping in Lajpat Nagar}}</ref> This area is not to be confused with the Lajpat Nagar in [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]] in the [[National Capital Region (India)|NCR]] region. | ||
In the recent years, Lajpat Nagar has become a preferred residential neighborhood for tourists and certain refugees from various countries, including Afghanistan, who often travel to New Delhi as medical tourists, owing to the presence of affordable quality health care in the capital. It is common to see individuals from different parts of [[India]], [[Afghanistan]], and [[Pakistan]] in this neighborhood. | |||
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The colony also housed a refugee camp for Bengali widows, during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], known as Kasturba Ashram. In 1960, [[Servants of the People Society]] (founded by [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] in 1921 in [[Lahore]]) after functioning for many years since [[Partition of India]], shifted from the residence of MP [[Lala Achint Ram]] to a new building known as Lajpat Bhawan.<ref>{{cite web | title = Head Office | url = http://sops.in/index.php/2013-08-22-12-13-12/head-office |publisher=Servants of the People Society |access-date=2014-05-27}}</ref> | The colony also housed a refugee camp for Bengali widows, during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]], known as Kasturba Ashram. In 1960, [[Servants of the People Society]] (founded by [[Lala Lajpat Rai]] in 1921 in [[Lahore]]) after functioning for many years since [[Partition of India]], shifted from the residence of MP [[Lala Achint Ram]] to a new building known as Lajpat Bhawan.<ref>{{cite web | title = Head Office | url = http://sops.in/index.php/2013-08-22-12-13-12/head-office |publisher=Servants of the People Society |access-date=2014-05-27}}</ref> | ||
The number of [[Afghans in India|Afghan Indians]], as well as Afghan students, workers and refugees, living there has resulted in the nickname of the locality, Afghan Nagar.<ref name=Das>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/04/201342211228401708.html|title=Afghan students flock to India's universities|last=Das|first=Bijoyeta|date=3 June 2013|work=Al Jazeera|accessdate=22 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=36532|title=The Afghan trail|last=Sharma|first=Mohit|date=24 April 2014|publisher=Millennium Post|accessdate=23 April 2014|quote=Often called ‘Little Kabul’, ‘Afghan Nagar,’ amongst other polysyllables, nomenclature twisting is the latest pastime in the vicinity.}}</ref> The suburb has two Afghan "bakeries and three restaurants, and many guesthouses and apartments housing Afghan students, guests, medical refugees and asylum seekers."<ref name=Das/> As such, [[Apollo Hospitals|Apollo Hospital]] in Delhi "has translators on staff, a website in [[Dari (Persian dialect)|Dari]], and even a separate payment desk for Afghans."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=36532|title=The Afghan trail|last=Sharma|first=Mohit|date=24 April 2014|publisher=Millennium Post|accessdate=23 April 2014|quote=The Apollo hospital in the city’s southwest has translators on staff, a website in Dari, and even a separate payment desk for Afghans.}}</ref> Most of the Afghanis in Lajpat Nagar speak [[Pashto language|Pashto]] or [[Dari (Persian dialect)|Dari]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=36532|title=The Afghan trail|last=Sharma|first=Mohit|date=24 April 2014|publisher=Millennium Post|accessdate=23 April 2014|quote=Pashto and Farsi chatters, Burqa clad women, glistering restaurants adorned with linguistic signposts mark Delhi’s most thronged Lajpat Nagar market.}}</ref> GK Vij, a resident of Lajpat Nagar, "whose father migrated after Partition and has spent his whole life in the area," states that though people "enjoy the big ‘[[naan]] bread’ which Afghans prepare, the rising number of Afghan restaurants has overshadowed the indigenous Punjabi cuisine to some extent."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/NewsContent.aspx?NID=36532|title=The Afghan trail|last=Sharma|first=Mohit|date=24 April 2014|publisher=Millennium Post|accessdate=23 April 2014|quote=Vij added that though they enjoy the big ‘naan bread’ which Afghans prepare, the rising number of Afghan restaurants has overshadowed the indigenous Punjabi cuisine to some extent. ‘The lane in which we stay has dozens of Afghan restaurants which has surfaced in the past two-three years,’ Vij added.}}</ref> | |||
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