Jangpura

Jangpura is a neighbourhood in South Delhi district of Delhi. Beginning from the east and moving clockwise, it is bordered by the Mathura Road, Ring Railway line, Silver Oak Park beyond the Defence Colony Flyover, and the Barapulla Nullah. It encompasses the residential areas of Jangpura A and B on either side of the Mathura Road, jangpura(Bhogal) extending west from the Mathura Road until Jangpura Extension, which in turn extends along the northern side of the Ring Railway line to the east side of the Defence Colony Flyover on Josip Broz Tito Marg. The small colony of Pant Nagar along the Barapulla Nullah is contiguous with Jangpura Extension.

Jangpura
Neighbourhood
Jangpura
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°35′N 77°15′E
CountryIndia
StateDelhi
DistrictSouth Delhi
MetroJANGPURA
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Planning agencyMunicipal Corporation of Delhi

Jangpura is a Delhi Legislative Assembly constituency within the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat, following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies, since 2008, prior to which it was part of the New Delhi constituency.

History

One Colonel Young, tasked with moving the villagers of Raisina – a village soon to disappear to make way for the grand edifices of state to come up along Rajpath, established the colony of 'Youngpura', which was colloquialised as Jangpura. Later, in 1950–51, it grew to add Jangpura Extension to accommodate many of the migrants who arrived in Delhi at the time of Partition of India.[1] That accounts for Jangpura Extension's high Punjabi and Sikh population to date. This includes people from the villages in Rawalpindi district, including Thoa Khalsa, which witnessed a mass suicide by women during the Rawalpindi riots in March 1947, apart from Thamali and Mator Nara villages.[2] Community head Charan Singh Randhawa was prominent figure in 1950s who started the Sikh community commemorates the event as Shahidi Diwas (Martyrs' Day) on 13 March.[3] Jangpura Extension has a number of beautiful parks.


Its image along with neighbouring Lajpat Nagar across the railway line as a haven for migrants continues, with several Afghan and Iranian refugees, among others, finding shelter in the cheap housing offered in Bhogal and Lajpat Nagar. Bhogal and Jangpura Extension's many old Punjabi eateries as Lahorian Di Hatti and Sachdeva Dhaba today share space with Afghan bakeries, and new Punjabi arrivals. In the 1970s, as artists living in Jangpura Extension grew, it became a well-known artists’ colony.[4]

Jangpura-Bhogal is home to a number of places of worship which represent every major religion including Bhagwan Shiv Mandir, Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Sanatan Dharm Mandir, Sanatan Da Dera Gurudwara and Bhogal Boddh Vihar.

- DESI CHARAN (LAMBU LAHORIA)


Landmarks
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  • Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty
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  • Rama Tent House
  • SONU ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS, Masjid Road, Bhogal, Jangpura
  • Eros Cinema
  • Om Hotel
  • Hawker's House, aka Novelty Store
  • Kadimi Chaat
  • Netram Puranmal
  • Sanatan Dharam Mandir, (Gufa Wala) Pant Nagar
  • Barbeque Nation
  • Guru Ravi Das Mandir (Est 1922)
  • PUSHKARJEE JEWELLERS
  • St.Micheal Church
  • Bodh Vihar
  • Arya Samaj Mandir
  • Design arch group.Architects
  • Toys Gallery
Districts of Delhi, with Jangpura in the South Delhi district

Jangpura Station is on the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro, which runs from I.T.O. to Badarpur, Delhi. It is the 4th underground station on the line. The entrance to the Metro station is next to Silver Oak Park, adjacent to the Pant Nagar Bus Stop on the east side of Tito Marg. The Pant Nagar Bus Stop has DTC bus services to Palam, Greater Kailash, Ambedkar Nagar, Delhi Main Railway Station, AIIMS, Safdarjung, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, among others. Jangpura is also served by Lajpat Nagar Station on the Ring Railway service of the Delhi Suburban Railway. It also is close to the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, which lies in Nizamuddin East.

An exit for Jangpura is currently being constructed on the Barapulla Elevated Highway, which was built in 2010 for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to link Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with Sarai Kale Khan on the Outer Ring Road.

Vicinity

Further reading

References
  1. Kaur, Ravinder (2007). Since 1947: Partition Narratives among Punjabi Migrants of Delhi. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-568377-6.
  2. Bhutalia, p. 156
  3. Bhutalia, p. 287
  4. Pablo Bartholomew (13 August 2012). "The death of a man so young, in the prime of his life". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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