Refugee colonies changed South Delhi’s face

Rajput, Abhinav
Lidhoo, Prerna
Hindustan Times
2016
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Summary: 
The city’s southern limit extended beyond Lodhi Road, which was a forest land then. Colonies like Malviya Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Nizamuddin, Kalkaji and Jangpura were created to accommodate refugees. “Lodhi Road was the southern boundary of the imperial suburban do pen fields and scrub lay beyond, where jackals howled and black bucks roamed,” wrote Ranjana Sengupta, in an anthology, City Improbable: An Anthology of Writings on Delhi, edited by Khushwant Singh. Link - bit.ly/3gu7B7I
Language: 
English