Malviya Nagar (Delhi)

Malviya Nagar
Malviya Nagar is located in Delhi
Malviya Nagar
Malviya Nagar
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°32′02″N 77°12′40″E / 28.534°N 77.211°E / 28.534; 77.211
Country India
StateDelhi
DistrictSouth Delhi
Government
 • BodySouth Delhi Municipal Corporation
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
110017
Civic agencySDMC

Malviya Nagar is a residential locality in South Delhi. Situated between Saket and Hauz Khas, its namesake is the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya.[1]

Malviya Nagar was initially populated in the 1950s by refugees from Pakistan, after the Partition of India.[2] A large portion of the population were ethnic Rajasthani, U.P., Haryanvi, Punjabis and Sindhis, as well as Afghan refugees who were displaced during the Soviet–Afghan War in 1971.[3]

Today, Malviya Nagar is bounded by Panchsheel Enclave in the north, Sheikh Sarai in the east, Saket in the south and Sarvapriya Vihar in the west. Enclaves that are part of Malviya Nagar include Geetanjali Enclave, Bhavishya Nidhi Enclave, Begumpur, Shivalik colony, Sarvodaya Enclave, MMTC Colony and Adchini.

It is serviced by the Malviya Nagar station located on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro.[4] Malviya Nagar is also home to Delhi Police's Training School.[5]

  1. ^ Vidyarthi, Sanjeev (2008). "Inappropriate" appropriations of planning ideas. ProQuest LLC. p. 200. ISBN 9780549820512.
  2. ^ Jha, Gangadhar (1988). Local finance in metropolitan cities : a study of Delhi (1st ed.). Delhi, India: Mittal Publications. p. 44. ISBN 81-7099-075-0.
  3. ^ Aafaq, Zafar (17 August 2021). "'Our future unknown': Afghan nationals in India wary of Taliban". Al Jazeera.
  4. ^ "Delhi Metro Map". Maps of India. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  5. ^ Menon, N.R. Madhava, ed. (2002). Criminal justice India series. Ahmedabad: Allied Publishers in collaboration with National University of Juridical Sciences. ISBN 81-7764-488-2.