Safdarjung (Delhi)

For Delhi hospital, see Safdarjung Hospital.

Safdarjung area consists of mainly two localities in South Delhi, namely Safdarjung Enclave and Safdarjung Development Area (SDA).^[2][3] There are several districts (called colonies) in Delhi located south of the tomb of Safdarjung, the second Nawab of Awadh, an important administrator in the Mughal Imperial courts in Delhi, under Muhammad Shah in the 18th century.

Safdar Jung
Neighborhood
Safdar Jung Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28.563286°N 77.191155°E / 28.563286; 77.191155
Country	India
State	Delhi
District	South Delhi
Metro	New Delhi
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	110029 [1]
Planning agency	SDMC

Safdarjung's tomb, Delhi, after which the area is named

Safdarjung Enclave

Durga Puja celebrations, Matri Mandir, Safdarjung Enclave, Delhi, 2014

Safdarjung Enclave, developed by the Delhi Lease and Finance later DLF Limited after acquiring the farmlands from Humayunpur Village in the early 1960s under then Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru is located just south of the Ring Road and north of the Hauz Khas Deer Park. South of Hauz Khas village is the Safdarjung Development Area (SDA), built in the 1960s as an extension towards the south. Both colonies are primarily residential.

Safdarjung Enclave built after the Partition did not include land grants for refugees from what is now Pakistan.

The airstrip next to Safdarjung's Tomb that occupies the area between it and Safdarjung Enclave, formerly Delhi's main airport, is now known as Safdarjung Airport and is the home of the Delhi Flying Club. Many official flights for the Central and State government also leave and arrive here rather than at Delhi's main airport Indira Gandhi International Airport (formerly Palam Airport).

Major Schools in Safdarjung Enclave

• St. Mary's School
• Green Fields School
• Hill Grove Public School (Now known as Ambience Public School)
• Delhi Police Public School
• Sarvodaya Govt. Senior Secondary School

--Hospitals in Safdarjung Enclave--

• Sukhmani Hospital
• Centre For Sight
• Aashlok Fortis Hospital
• Diyos Hospital
• Bhagat Medicare Centre And Nursing Home
• Sanjeevani Plus Hospital

Major Schools in SDA

• St. Paul’s School^[4]
• Sahoday Senior Secondary School

See also

• Safdarjung railway station
• National Disaster Management Authority (India)
• Delhi

References

1. "Pin code 110029, Safdarjung Enclave S.O Post Office in South West Delhi, Delhi".
2. "Television crew from Taiwan were shooting for travel show". Indian Express. 20 September 2010.
3. "RS MPs still looking for a plot". The Times of India. 12 January 2006. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012.
4. "St. Paul's School, Safdarjung Development Area". The Hindu. 20 July 2007. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011.

External links

• Media related to Safdarjung (Delhi) at Wikimedia Commons