Karol Bagh

Highlights

• Karol Bagh is a neighborhood in Central District of Delhi, India.
• It is a mixed residential and commercial neighborhood known for shopping streets, such as the Ghaffar Market and Ajmal Khan Road.
• It was home to the Karol Bagh Lok Sabha constituency until it was abolished in 2008.
• Residential areas W.E.A, Beadon Pura, Reghar Pura, Dev Nagar, and Bapa Nagar have a mix of commercial activities such as wholesale markets Tank Road Garment Market and Hardhyan Singh Road Leather market.
• Tank Road wholesale garment market came into existence with a few shopkeepers at the end of the 1980s.

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Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

• •In the 1920s, the villages of Madhoganj, Jaisingh Pura, Raja ka Bazaar, and others were evacuated to build Connaught Place and nearby areas.
• •The villagers were relocated once to the west of Karol Bagh, then to a second rocky area populated by trees and bushes.
• •Karol Bagh was primarily populated with Muslims until the mass exodus to Pakistan at the time of the Partition of India in 1947, which also resulted in an influx of refugees from West Punjab and Sindh, many of whom were traders.

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