G. B. Road or guru teg bahadur marg is the biggest red light area

Red Light District

Red Light District may refer to:* Red-light district - a neighborhood where prostitution is common* The Red Light District - the title of the 2004 album by rapper Ludacris* Red Light District Video - a pornography studio based in Los Angeles, California...

 in New Delhi

New Delhi

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, India

India

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. Its name was officially changed to Swami Shradhanand Marg in 1965.

History

The history of G.B. Road can be dated back to Mughal

Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

 era. It is said that there were total five red light areas or kothas in Delhi at that time. Then came the British Raj

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

, when a British collector consolidated all the five kothas to one area and christened it on his own name, Garstin Bastion Road or simply G. B. Road.

External links

• The Children of GB Road
• The life of a prostitute in Delhi
• The inner life of GB Road, Yahoo India, 23 July 2008