Shalimar Bagh

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Shalimar Bagh (Hindi: शालीमार बाग़, Urdu: شالیمار باغ) is a residential colony in North-West Delhi, India.

[edit] History

The name "Shalimar Bagh" comes from a garden located in the region since the time of the Mughal Empire. The garden, once known as "Aizzabad-Bagh", was the site of the coronation of Aurangzeb on July 31, 1658. Originally, the garden contained a palace called Shish Mahal. The Sheesh Mahal is still there, but now its in tattering state.

[edit] General information

Shalimar Bagh can be considered as a Semi-Posh locality which aspires to be a Posh one. Two new shopping malls, DT City Center and IndiaBulls Mega Mart have recently come up in the area which are bound to improve the overall standing of the area in neighbourhoods.

Shalimar Bagh consists of four blocks A, B, C and D, each of which contains several community pockets. Schools include Jaspal Kaur Public School, Modern Public School, Prabhu Dayal Public School and DAV Public School, as well as several government run schools. Besides this, 'FORTIS' a leading name in healthcare is also constructing a superspeciality, 500 bed hospital near Kela Godown.

The colony has a legislative assembly seat of its own. As of 2007, the seat is held by BJP member and Shalimar Bagh resident Ravinder Bansal. The constituency number of Shalimar Bagh is 19 in the local Delhi assembly. Shalimar Bagh is also a part of Outer Delhi Parliamentary constituency.

The area lies on Inner Ring Road and is serviced by Delhi Transport Corporation and Mudrika buses. It is within a few minutes drive of a Metro Rail station (Netaji Subhash Place).

The colony's post code, which it shares with adjacent residential colony Pitam Pura, is 110088^{[citation needed]}. The locality contains a police station and a post office of its own. The area is a transit point for Haider Pur plant and so has 24-hour water supply under normal circumstances.