Safdarjung
Safdarjung area consists of mainly two localities in South Delhi, namely Safdarjung Enclave and Safdarjung Development Area. There are several districts in Delhi located south of the Safdarjung's Tomb.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tomb of Safdar Jang and Gandhi Museum.
Tomb of Safdar Jang
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safdarjung's tomb is a sandstone and marble mausoleum in Delhi, India. It was built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style for Nawab Safdarjung. The monument has an ambience of spaciousness and an imposing presence with its domed and arched red, brown and white coloured structures.
Gandhi Museum
Museum
Photo: Gaurav Vaidya, CC BY 3.0.
Gandhi Smriti, formerly known as Birla House or Birla Bhavan, is a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, situated on Tees January Road, formerly Albuquerque Road, in New Delhi, India.
Safdarjung Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: आशीष भटनागर, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Safdarjung Airport is an airport in New Delhi, India, in the neighbourhood of the same name. Established during the British Raj as Willingdon Airfield, it started operations as an aerodrome in 1929, when it was India's second airport after the Juhu Aerodrome in Mumbai.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lodhi Art District and Lodhi Colony.
Lodhi Art District
Neighborhood
Lodhi Art District is India’s first open-air public art district, located in Lodhi Colony, New Delhi. It features large-scale murals and street art created by artists from India and around the world.
Lodhi Colony
Suburb
Lodhi Colony is a Central Government Officers and Staff Residential Colony in South Central part of New Delhi, built in the 1940s, and lies adjacent to the Lodhi Gardens and Lodhi Road.
Laxmibai Nagar
Neighborhood
Laxmi Bai Nagar is a VIP residential colony in New Delhi, India. Laxmi Bai, meaning "city of Lakshmibai", is named for the Rani of the Maratha-ruled Jhansi State in India, which is now a province of modern Uttar Pradesh state.
Safdarjung
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in India
- Category: locality
- Location: Chanakya Puri, New Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.59297° or 28° 35′ 35″ northLongitude
77.2109° or 77° 12′ 39″ eastOpen location code
7JWVH6V6+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 561306743OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q7398433
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Safdarjung” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صفدر جنك”
- Bengali: “সফদরজং, দিল্লি”
- Bengali: “সফদরজং”
- Dutch: “Safdarjung”
- French: “Safdarjung”
- Hindi: “सफदरजंग एन्क्लेव”
- Hindi: “सफ़दरजंग”
- Kashmiri: “صفدر جنگ”
- Urdu: “صفدر جنگ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as JOR BĀGH and Rabindra Nagar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include India - ASEAN Friendship Park and Safdarjung’s Tomb.
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