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It houses the headquarters of several noted Indian firms and is a major shopping, nightlife, and tourist destination in New Delhi. As of July 2018, Connaught Place ranked as the ninth most expensive office location in the world, with an annual rent of $1,650 per square meter ($153 per sq ft). [3] [4] [5]
When the headquarters of Communist Party of India were shifted from Bombay to New Delhi in 1951, they were first housed on “4, Keeling Road”. [11] [12] In 1962, to meet the increasing need of commercial space in Central part of Delhi, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had decided to extend Connaught Place Commercial Area up to the Keeling ...
It starts out as Radial Road 1 in Connaught Place, adjacent to Palika Bazaar, and runs north–south perpendicular to Kartavya Path (earlier Rajpath or the "Rulers' path"). Originally called Queen's Way, it was an important part of Lutyens' design of the administrative New Delhi, upon the inauguration of new capital of India in 1931. Janpath ...
First Mayor of Delhi. Bhai Vir Singh Marg Vir Singh: Punjabi writer. Chelmsford Road Lord Chelmsford: Viceroy (1916–21). [1] Connaught Lane Duke of Connaught [1] Dara Shikoh Road: Dara Shikoh: Eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Formerly called Dalhousie Road, after Governor-General Lord Dalhousie. [9] Gamal Abdel Nasser Marg Gamal Abdel ...
Connaught Place is a place name of various places in the world: Connaught Place, New Delhi, officially Rajiv Chowk, an affluent business centre and tourist attraction in New Delhi, Delhi, India; Connaught Place (Hong Kong) in Central, Hong Kong; Connaught Place, London in London, England; Taman Connaught, Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Govt. of New Delhi "Urban agglomerations/cities having population 1 million and above" (PDF). Provisional population totals, census of India 2011. Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
The street gets its name from the Parliament House (Sansad Bhavan). [1] The old Parliament House, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, is located at the one end of Sansad Marg, which runs perpendicular to the Rajpath in Lutyens' Delhi and ends at Connaught Place Circle. [2] [3]
The Rajiv Chowk Metro station serves as an interchange station between the Blue and Yellow Lines of the Delhi Metro. [2] [3] As of October 2023, it is the second busiest station on the network, with a daily ridership of approximately 216,000 passengers [1] The station covers an area of about 39,503 square feet (3,669.9 m²).