Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg(Urdu: بهادر شاہ ظفر مارگ) is a road in Delhi

Delhi

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, India

India

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. (The word Marg is Hindi

Hindi

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 for road

Road

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) It is named after the last Mughal

Mughal Empire

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 Emperor of India, Bahadur Shah II

Bahadur Shah II

His Royal Highness Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar , also known as Bahadur Shah or Bahadur Shah II was the last of the Mughal emperors in India, as well as the last ruler of the Timurid Dynasty.He was the son of Akbar Shah II and Lalbai, who was a Hindu Rajput...

. This road is sometimes also referred to as the Fleet Street

Fleet Street

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 of India, due to the presence of the newspaper offices of The Times of India

The Times of India

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, The Economic Times

The Economic Times

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, The Indian Express

The Indian Express

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, The Financial Express, Business Standard

Business Standard

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, The Pioneer, Metro Now

Metro Now

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 amongst several others.

This road connects ITO Crossing to Daryaganj

Daryaganj

Daryaganj, also called Darya Ganj , is a neighbourhood of Delhi inside the walled city of Shahjahanabad . The "darya" refers to the river Yamuna which was just outside the walled city...

 (map)

Institutions and sites on & around this road

• Shankar's International Dolls Museum
  Shankar's International Dolls Museum
  The International Dolls Museum is a large collection of dolls in Delhi, India. It was set up by K. Shankar Pillai, a political cartoonist. Housed in the Children's Book Trust building on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, accessed through a separate entrance, a winding staircase, leading up to a foyer. The...
  
  
• Feroz Shah Kotla
  Feroz Shah Kotla
  The Feroz Shah Kotla or Kotla was originally a fortress built by Sultan Ferozshah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi city called Ferozabad. A pristine polished sandstone pillar from the 3rd century B.C...
  
   Cricket stadium
• Feroz Shah Kotla Fort
• Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi's fifth city, founded as Ferozabad by Feroz Shah
• Khooni Darwaza
  Khooni Darwaza
  Khooni Darwaza , also referred to as Lal Darwaza , is located near Delhi Gate, on the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in Delhi, India. It is one of the 13 surviving gates in Delhi...
  
  
• Communist Party of India
  Communist Party of India
  The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
  
   has its office off Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg
• Maulana Azad Medical College
  Maulana Azad Medical College
  The Maulana Azad Medical College is a government medical college in Delhi affiliated to University of Delhi. It is named after Indian freedom fighter and first education minister of independent India Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. It is located at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi...
  
  
• Bureau of Indian Standards
  Bureau of Indian Standards
  The Bureau of Indian Standards is the national Standards Body of India working under the aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India. It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 which came into effect on 23 December 1986...
  
  
• Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is an authority, established by the Constitution of India, who audits all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and the state governments, including those of bodies and authorities substantially financed by the government. The CAG is...
  
  

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