Defence Colony
Defence Colony is a neighbourhood in the South East Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was built in the 1960s for veterans of the Indian Armed Forces. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the South East Delhi district of Delhi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Lajpat Nagar metro station.
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Stadium
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is a multi-sports stadium located in New Delhi, India. It is named after the first Prime Minister of India. Primarily a venue for football and athletics, it is an all-seater 60,254-capacity stadium, designed and constructed to meet the international standards set by FIFA, the Asian Football Confederation, and World Athletics.
Lajpat Nagar metro station
Photo: Tarun4u, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lajpat Nagar is an interchange station between Violet Line and Pink Line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi. It is located between Jangpura and Moolchand on the Violet Line in Lajpat Nagar.
St. Luke’s Church, New Delhi
Church
St. Luke's Church is a Roman Catholic parish located in Defence Colony B-68, New Delhi, India. It is under the administration of the Archdiocese of Delhi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Extension and Lajpat Nagar.
South Extension
Suburb
South Extension or New Delhi South Extension is a neighbourhood of South Delhi, India. It is also described as a premier shopping destination. Situated on the Ring Road, Delhi, just east of All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
Lajpat Nagar
Suburb
Photo: Ville Miettinen, CC BY 2.0.
Lajpat Nagar is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the South East Delhi district of Delhi. It was named in honor of Lala Lajpat Rai. This area is not to be confused with the Lajpat Nagar in Ghaziabad in the NCR region.
Dayanand Colony
Neighborhood
Dayanand Colony is part of the Lajpat Nagar area of Delhi. It falls under Lajpat Nagar-4 in South Delhi. By 1957, it was named after Dayanand Saraswati.
Defence Colony
- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Defence Colony, South East Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.57136° or 28° 34′ 17″ northLongitude
77.23304° or 77° 13′ 59″ eastElevation
214 metres (702 feet)Open location code
7JWVH6CM+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2798408963OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Defence Colony” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Defence Colony”
- Hindi: “डिफेन्स कालोनी”
- Hindi: “डिफेंस कॉलोनी”
- Kashmiri: “ڈیفنس کالونی”
- Tamil: “டிபென்ஸ் காலனி”
- Telugu: “డిఫెన్స్ కాలనీ”
- Urdu: “ڈیفنس کالونی”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The DefCol club and Acharya Sushil Muni Ashram.
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