Karan Nagar | |
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Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India | |
Coordinates: 34°4′45″N 74°47′59″E / 34.07917°N 74.79972°E | |
Country | India |
Union territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
District | Srinagar |
Settled | Ancient |
Elevation | 1,592 m (5,223 ft) |
Languages | |
• Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1][2] |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 190010 |
Distance from Delhi | 857 kilometres (533 mi) |
Distance from Mumbai | 2,182.4 kilometres (1,356.1 mi) |
Karan Nagar is the notified area and the town in the city of Srinagar in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A portion of Karan Nagar in the name of Deewan Bagh was the first declared civil colony in 1942 by the former princely state government of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a posh locality of Srinagar city. The famous SMHS hospital and Government Medical College is located here.[citation needed] It is located about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the commercial center of Kashmir, Lal Chowk.