Jangpura

Jangpura is a neighbourhood in South East 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
Colony
Jangpura Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°35′N 77°15′E
Country	India
State	Delhi
District	South East Delhi
Metro	Jangpura
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	DL3C
Planning agency	MCD

Jangpura is a Delhi Legislative Assembly constituency within the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat, following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies.

History

In the early 1900s, British officer Captain Young was tasked with preparing the area for settlement. Residents from present-day Raisina Hills and two nearby villages near today’s Lodhi Gardens were relocated here, and the area was named Youngpura in his honor.^[1] A 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 with many Sikh and Hindu migrants from present-day Pakistani Punjab who arrived in Delhi at the time of Partition of India settling here.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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 (which is nicknamed 'Afghan Nagar').^[5] 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.^[6]

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.

Landmarks

• Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty
• Mediplex health
• Rama Tent House
• Sonu Electrical and Electronics
• Eros Cinema
• Om Hotel
• Hawker's House, aka Novelty Stores
• Kadimi Chaat
• Netram Puranmal
• Sanatan Dharam Mandir, (Gufa Wala) Pant Nagar
• Barbeque Nation
• Guru Ravi Das Mandir
• St. Micheal's Church
• Bodh Vihar
• Arya Samaj Mandir
• Design arch group
• Toys Gallery
• Haldiram's, EROS Cinema Ground Floor

Transport links

Districts of Delhi, with Jangpura in the South Delhi district

Jangpura Station is on the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro, which runs from Kashmere Gate to Raja Nahar Singh. 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^[when?] 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

• Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in Nizamuddin West
• Tomb of Humayun, 2nd Mughal Emperor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Chausath Khamba, tomb of Mirza Aziz Koka
• Barakhamba
• Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
• Lodhi Gardens
• Khan Market
• Defence Colony
• Nizamuddin East

Further reading

• jangpura as a palimpsest, post by blogger Anand Vivek Taneja
• Blogger Lesley A. Esteves on the travails of renting in Jangpura
• Outlook Traveller editor Kai Friese on the remaking of the old Eros cinema
• Indian Express journalist Chinky Sinha on the Afghan bakers of Bhogal
• Rahul Verma of The Hindu visits Bhogal's Kabul Restaurant
• Rahul Verma again, on the sandwiches of Hawker's House