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'''Jangpura''' is a neighbourhood in [[South Delhi|South East Delhi]] district of [[Delhi]]. Beginning from the east and moving clockwise, it is bordered by the [[Mathura Road]], Ring Railway line, Silver Oak Park beyond the Defence Colony Flyover, and the Barapulla Nullah. It encompasses the residential areas of Jangpura A and B on either side of the Mathura Road, Jangpura (Bhogal) extending west from the Mathura Road until Jangpura Extension, which in turn extends along the northern side of the Ring Railway line to the east side of the Defence Colony Flyover on Josip Broz Tito Marg. The small colony of Pant Nagar along the Barapulla Nullah is contiguous with Jangpura Extension.

Jangpura is a [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]] constituency within the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat, following the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies.

==History==
In the early 1900s, British officer Captain Young was tasked with preparing the area for settlement.Residents (predominantly villagers)<ref>{{Cite journal
|last=Mehra
|first=Diya
|title=Jangpura Triptych: Striated Settlements, Neighbourhood Activism, and Delhi's Residential Modernity
|journal=Economic & Political Weekly
|volume=55
|issue=51
|pages=57-66
|year=2020
|url=https://www.academia.edu/49581208/Jangpura_Triptych_Striated_Settlements_Neighbourhood_Activism_and_Delhi_s_Residential_Modernity?utm_source=chatgpt.com
}}</ref>{{AI-retrieved source|date=March 2026|checked=no}} from present-day [[Raisina Hill]]s and two nearby villages near today’s [[Lodhi Gardens]] were relocated here, and the area was named Youngpura in his honor.<ref name="HT">{{Cite web|author=|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/book-release-takes-people-to-jangpura-through-the-decades-101740852139477.html|title=Book release takes people to Jangpura through the decades|publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
A grand edifices of state to come up along [[Rajpath]], established the colony of 'Youngpura', which was colloquialised as Jangpura. Later in 1950–51, it grew with many Sikh and Hindu migrants from present-day Pakistani Punjab who arrived in Delhi at the time of [[Partition of India]] settling here.<ref>{{cite book |title= Since 1947: Partition Narratives among Punjabi Migrants of Delhi |last= Kaur |first= Ravinder |year= 2007 |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]] |isbn= 978-0-19-568377-6 }}</ref> That accounts for Jangpura Extension's high Punjabi and [[Sikh]] population to date. This includes people from the villages in [[Rawalpindi district]], including [[Thoha Khalsa|Thoa Khalsa]], which witnessed a mass suicide by women during the Rawalpindi riots in March 1947, apart from Thamali and Mator Nara villages.<ref>[[#Bh|Bhutalia, p. 156]]</ref> Community head Charan Singh Randhawa was prominent figure in 1950s who started the Sikh community commemorates the event as ''Shahidi Diwas'' (Martyrs' Day) on 13 March.<ref>[[#Bh|Bhutalia, p. 287]]</ref> Jangpura Extension has a number of beautiful parks.

Its image along with neighbouring [[Lajpat Nagar]] across the railway line as a haven for migrants continues, with several [[Afghans|Afghan]] and [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] refugees, among others, finding shelter in the cheap housing offered in Bhogal and [[Lajpat Nagar]] (which is nicknamed 'Afghan Nagar').<ref name="Aafaq2021">{{cite web |last1=Aafaq |first1=Zafar |title='Our future unknown': Afghan nationals in India wary of Taliban |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/17/afghanistan-nationals-india-taliban-new-delhi |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |language=English |date=17 August 2021}}</ref> Bhogal and Jangpura Extension's many old Punjabi eateries as Lahorian Di Hatti and Sachdeva Dhaba today share space with Afghan bakeries, and new Punjabi arrivals. In the 1970s, as artists living in Jangpura Extension grew, it became a well-known artists’ colony.<ref name=pablo>{{cite news |title=The death of a man so young, in the prime of his life|author=Pablo Bartholomew |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Fashion/The-death-of-a-man-so-young-in-the-prime-of-his-life/Article1-912693.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813015432/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Fashion/The-death-of-a-man-so-young-in-the-prime-of-his-life/Article1-912693.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 August 2012 |newspaper= Hindustan Times|date=13 August 2012 |access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref>

Jangpura-Bhogal is home to a number of places of worship which represent every major religion including Bhagwan Shiv Mandir, Gurudwara Singh Sabha, Sanatan Dharm Mandir, Sanatan Da Dera Gurudwara and Bhogal Boddh Vihar.

== Landmarks ==
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* Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty
* Mediplex health
* Rama Tent House
* Sonu Electrical and Electronics
* Eros Cinema
* Om Hotel
* Hawker's House, aka Novelty Stores
* Kadimi Chaat
* Netram Puranmal
* Sanatan Dharam Mandir, (Gufa Wala) Pant Nagar
* Barbeque Nation
* Guru Ravi Das Mandir
* Mamta Garden House
* St. Micheal's Church
* Bodh Vihar
* Arya Samaj Mandir
* Design arch group
* Toys Gallery
* Haldiram's, EROS Cinema Ground Floor

== Transport links ==
[[File:Delhi districts.svg|200px|thumb|Districts of Delhi, with Jangpura in the [[South Delhi]] district]]
[[Jangpura (Delhi Metro)|Jangpura Station]] is on the [[Violet Line (Delhi Metro)|Violet Line]] of the [[Delhi Metro]], which runs from [[Kashmere Gate metro station|Kashmere Gate]] to [[Raja Nahar Singh metro station|Raja Nahar Singh]]. It is the 4th underground station on the line. The entrance to the Metro station is next to Silver Oak Park, adjacent to the Pant Nagar Bus Stop on the east side of Tito Marg. The Pant Nagar Bus Stop has DTC bus services to [[Palam]], [[Greater Kailash]], Ambedkar Nagar, Delhi Main Railway Station, [[All India Institutes of Medical Sciences|AIIMS]], [[Safdarjung]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], among others. Jangpura is also served by Lajpat Nagar Station on the [[Delhi_Suburban_Railway#Delhi_Ring_Railway|Ring Railway]] service of the [[Delhi Suburban Railway]]. It also is close to the [[Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station]], which lies in [[Nizamuddin East]].

An exit for Jangpura is currently{{when?|date=February 2021}} being constructed on the Barapulla Elevated Highway, which was built in 2010 for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to link Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with [[Sarai Kale Khan]] on the [[Outer Ring Road, Delhi|Outer Ring Road]].

== Vicinity ==
* [[Nizamuddin Dargah|Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya in Nizamuddin West]]
* [[Humayun's Tomb|Tomb of Humayun, 2nd Mughal Emperor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site]]
* [[Chausath Khamba]], tomb of [[Mirza Aziz Koka]]
* [[Barakhamba]]
* [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
* [[Lodhi Gardens]]
* [[Khan Market]]
* [[Defence Colony]]
* [[Nizamuddin East]]

== Further reading ==
* [https://synchroni-cities.blogspot.com/2005/04/jangpura-as-palimpsest.html jangpura as a palimpsest, post by blogger Anand Vivek Taneja]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110808021730/http://mumbaikarindelhi.blogspot.com/2007/03/living-in-jangpura_09.html Blogger Lesley A. Esteves on the travails of renting in Jangpura]
* [http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?228679 Outlook Traveller editor Kai Friese on the remaking of the old Eros cinema]
* [http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/the-bakers-of-kabul/573441/ Indian Express journalist Chinky Sinha on the Afghan bakers of Bhogal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014185429/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/the-bakers-of-kabul/573441/ |date=14 October 2012 }}
* [http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/Food/article94184.ece Rahul Verma of The Hindu visits Bhogal's Kabul Restaurant]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121110111343/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/05/17/stories/2010051750300200.htm Rahul Verma again, on the sandwiches of Hawker's House]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite book |title=The other side of silence: voices from the partition of India|author=Urvashi Butalia|author-link= Urvashi Butalia|publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers|year=2000|isbn=1-85065-533-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBblSrPhkaUC&q=Jangpura&pg=PA19 |ref=Bh }}

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Nadeem Ahmed at 21:06, 11 March 2026