Connaught Place

Connaught Place, also known as Rajiv Chowk or CP, is one of the main financial, commercial and business centres in , Delhi, India. It houses the headquarters of several noted Indian firms and is a major shopping, nightlife, and tourist destination in New Delhi.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: commercial hub of New Delhi, India
  • Also known as: “Connaught Place, New Delhi” and “Rajiv Chowk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Charkha Museum and Jantar Mantar.

Museum
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The is a spinning wheel museum located in Connaught Place, . This has been built on the already built garden in .

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in is an , designed to be used with the naked eye. It is one of five in India. "Jantar Mantar" means "instruments for measuring the harmony of the heavens".

Museum
was a and tourist attraction located in Delhi, India. It was the twenty-second location for the , which was set up by French sculptor Marie Tussaud.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Delhi and Chawri Bazar.

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comprises the backpacker areas of Paharganj and Karol Bagh, as well as the medieval city of Ferozabad and the early British-era Civil Lines.

Neighborhood
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is a specialized wholesale market of brass, copper and paper products. Established in 1840, with a hardware market, it was the first wholesale market of Old Delhi it lies to the west of in Delhi.

Neighborhood
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, often used as a metonym for the seat of the Government of India, is an area of , housing India's most important government buildings, including Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India on a citadel and the , housing the Prime Minister's Office and several other important ministries.

Connaught Place

Latitude
28.6314° or 28° 37′ 53″ north
Longitude
77.21938° or 77° 13′ 10″ east
Elevation
216 metres (709 feet)
Open location code
7JWVJ6J9+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 561299050
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1273840
Wiki­data ID
Q2341950
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Connaught Place” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميدان كونوت”
  • Bengali: “কনট প্লেস, নতুন দিল্লি”
  • Bengali: “কনট প্লেস, নয়াদিল্লি”
  • Bhojpuri: “कनॉट प्लेस”
  • Catalan: “Connaught Place”
  • Chinese: “康诺特广场”
  • Chinese: “康諾特廣場”
  • Czech: “Connaught Place”
  • French: “Connaught Place”
  • Hindi: “कनाट प्लेस, नई दिल्ली”
  • Hindi: “कनाट प्लेस”
  • Hindi: “कनॉट प्लेस दिल्ली”
  • Hindi: “कनॉट प्लेस”
  • Hindi: “राजीव चौक”
  • Indonesian: “Connaught Place, New Delhi”
  • Japanese: “コンノート・プレイス”
  • Japanese: “コンノートプレース”
  • Japanese: “コンノートプレイス”
  • Kannada: “ಕನ್ನಾಟ್ ಪ್ಲೇಸ್, ನವದೆಹಲಿ”
  • Kannada: “ಕನ್ನಾಟ್ ಪ್ಲೇಸ್”
  • Kashmiri: “کناٹ پلیس، نیی دہلی”
  • Malay: “Connaught Place”
  • Malayalam: “Connaught Place”
  • Malayalam: “കൊണാട്ട് പ്ലേസ്, ന്യൂ ഡെൽഹി”
  • Malayalam: “കൊണാട്ട് പ്ലേസ്”
  • Malayalam: “രാജീവ് ചൗക്ക്”
  • Marathi: “कॅनॉट प्लेस, नवी दिल्ली”
  • Marathi: “कॅनॉट प्लेस”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Connaught Place”
  • Norwegian: “Connaught Place”
  • Oriya: “କନ୍ନାଟ ପ୍ଲେସ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਨਾਟ ਪਲੇਸ, ਨਵੀ ਦਿੱਲੀ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਨਾਟ ਪਲੇਸ, ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ”
  • Portuguese: “Praça Connaught”
  • Russian: “Коннот-Плейс”
  • Russian: “Раджив-Чоук”
  • Spanish: “Connaught Place”
  • Swedish: “Connaught Place”
  • Tamil: “கன்னாட்டு பிளேசு, புது தில்லி”
  • Telugu: “కన్నాట్ ప్లేస్, న్యూ ఢిల్లీ”
  • Telugu: “కన్నాట్ ప్లేస్”
  • Thai: “คอนน็อตเพลส”
  • Ukrainian: “Коннот-Плейс”
  • Urdu: “کناٹ پلیس، نئی دہلی”
  • Western Panjabi: “کناٹ پلیس، نویں دلی”
  • “कनॉट प्लेस, नई दिल्ली”

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