Defence Colony

Defence Colony is a bus stop in , , . Defence Colony is situated nearby to the Hindu temple , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Lajpat Nagar metro station.

Stadium
Photo: Bhaumik J, CC BY 3.0.
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. is situated 1¼ km north of Defence Colony.

Photo: Tarun4u, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lajpat Nagar is an interchange station between Violet Line and Pink Line of the Delhi Metro in . It is located between and on the Violet Line in . is situated 300 metres southwest of Defence Colony.

Railway station
is a small railway station in which is a residential and commercial neighborhood of the of Delhi. is situated 1 km northeast of Defence Colony.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Defence Colony and Lajpat Nagar.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the of , India. It was built in the 1960s for veterans of the Indian Armed Forces. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the district of Delhi.

Suburb
Photo: Ville Miettinen, CC BY 2.0.
is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the South East Delhi district of . It was named in honor of Lala Lajpat Rai. This area is not to be confused with the in Ghaziabad in the region.

Neighborhood
is part of the area of . It falls under Lajpat Nagar-4 in South Delhi. By 1957, it was named after Dayanand Saraswati.

Defence Colony

Latitude
28.573° or 28° 34′ 23″ north
Longitude
77.23782° or 77° 14′ 16″ east
Open location code
7JWVH6FQ+54
Open­Street­Map ID
way 770402430
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­bus_stop
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­platform
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