Chawri Bazar

Chawri Bazar
Chawri Bazar is located in Delhi
Chawri Bazar
Chawri Bazar
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°39′01″N 77°13′46″E / 28.650402°N 77.229379°E / 28.650402; 77.229379
Country India
StateDelhi
DistrictNorth Delhi
MetroNew Delhi
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
Planning agencyMCD
Brass shop in Chawri Bazar, Dec 2006.
Chawri Bazar Metro Station

Chawri Bazar is a specialized wholesale market of brass, copper and paper products.[1] Established in 1840, with a hardware market, it was the first wholesale market of Old Delhi[2] it lies to the west of Jama Masjid in Delhi. [3]

It can be reached by taking the street just near the middle projection of Jama Masjid's western (rear) wall. It was accessible via the Chawri Bazar underground station of the Delhi Metro.

A rickshaw jam in Chawri Bazaar
  1. ^ "Purani Dilli continues to prosper". The Tribune. 4 November 2000.
  2. ^ Ashok Kumar Jain (2009). Urban transport: planning and management. APH Publishing. p. 166. ISBN 978-81-313-0441-9.
  3. ^ "Pin Code of Chawri Bazar Delhi". citypincode.in. Retrieved 9 March 2014.[permanent dead link]