Mathura Road is a road in Delhi

Delhi

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, a part of the NH 2 (Delhi-Howrah) Highway, and leading right up to the holy town of Mathura, the birthplace of Lord Krishna

Krishna

Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagavad Gita. He is the supreme Being and considered in some monotheistic traditions as an Avatar of Vishnu...

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The first school of the Delhi Public School Society

Delhi Public School Society

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, Delhi Public School, Mathura Road

Delhi Public School, Mathura Road

Delhi Public School, Mathura Road is a private co-educational day and boarding school in New Delhi, India. It is run by the Delhi Public School Society and is a member of the Indian Public School Conference. The school was founded in 1949 and was the first Delhi Public School...

 opened here in 1949 in Delhi. Further down stand, the National Zoological Park Delhi, Purana Qila and Pragati Maidan

Pragati Maidan

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, Delhi's largest convention and exhibition space.

The grave of poet Bedil, lies in a garden called Bagh-e-Bedil (Garden of Bedil) situated across Purana Qila, at Mathura Road in Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

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Architectural monuments on Mathura Road

• Purana Qila, Delhi
• Khairul Manzil mosque, opposite Purana Qila.
• Sher Shah Gate, and the remains of the fort of Sher Shah Suri
  Sher Shah Suri
  Sher Shah Suri , birth name Farid Khan, also known as Sher Khan , was the founder of the short-lived Sur Empire in northern India, with its capital at Delhi, before its demise in the hands of the resurgent Mughal Empire...