Dilshad Garden

Dilshad Garden

DG
Dilshad Garden DG
neighbourhood
Country	India
State	Delhi
District	Shahdara
Government
• Body	East Delhi MCD, DDA
Languages
• Official	Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	110095
Vehicle registration	DL 5*
Civic agency	East Delhi MCD, DDA

Dilshad Garden also known as DG by its residents is a large housing colony situated in East Delhi that was primarily developed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA). A nearby colony named Dilshad Colony is sometimes confused to be its part but its a part of seemapuri. DG falls under the Seemapuri Assembly constituency and currently the incumbent MLA is Dharmender Singh Koli from AAP

The area is divided into several Blocks and Pockets named from A through R. For a visitor sometimes finding his way may be a daunting task because of commercial activity/Shop even if he has correct address. Streets across blocks M, N,P, O,Q, I & L have become totally commercial with almost all road facing ground floor flats being turned into shops. Housing Blocks include N-Block, D-Pocket, M-Block,E-Pocket, B - Pocket, SG - Pocket, A - Block, B - Block, C - Block, J&K Pocket and R - Block. The later five blocks hold the best infrastructure and Resident Welfare Association. I and J&K pocket is nearest to the dilshad garden metro station. J&K and considered as one of the best planned localities in Dilshad Garden which have lush green gardens running through the middle of the locality. The area has a few eating junctions like Domino's, McDonalds, Haldiram's,Urban Punjab,Ambarsaria,Pummy restaurant's chain, Rahul's Mughlai Kitchen.

Transport

It is nearly 4 km from Anand Vihar Interstate Bus Terminus/Railway Station and about 3 km from Shahdara. There are several buses run by DTC that either terminate or touch DG from several parts of Delhi.

Several buses are also available for traveling to adjoining cities, Noida and Ghaziabad.

Dilshad Garden Metro Station and Jhilmil Metro station both are suitable for Dilshad Garden Residents.

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Demographics

The area is quite densely populated with a good mix of people from all income groups, castes and religion featuring Hindus, Christians, Muslims and many others. Over several years DG has evolved very well and is now considered one of the best housing colonies developed by DDA.It has all the basic amenities maintained to a sufficiently pleasing level to meet the demands of the residents. Children's playgrounds, parks and parking lots are present in each of its blocks.Apart from this it has several training & coaching institutes offering courses in computer applications, engineering & medical entrance exams like Interactions, NIIT , Acharya , Narayana , IME etc. English speaking, SSC and for govt. services preparation etc. Besides there is also an economics coaching institute for higher classes named "Economics Point" located at Pocket M. Hanuman Vatika attracts people from nearby colonies during the Dussehra festival celebrations.The area is also for its famous snooker and billiards clubs. There are plenty of snooker and gyms clubs in dilshad garden area. The area has a very famous car market nearby Bebe nanki gurudwara from where you can get all types of automobiles and auto related accessories at a very fair price.

BKM Mathematics classes:XI, XII, B.Tech, MCA, BCA: Opposite Dilshad Public School
Interactions - Ielts, TOEFL, SAT, CAT, Interview Skills, Spoken English .
University College of Medical Sciences
Rajiv Ghandhi Super specialist Multispecialist Hospital
Red Cross Society Hospital
Greenfields Senior Secondary School
Greenway Modern Sr.Sec.School
Greenway Nursery School
Shemrock Waves Play School
Harvest English Speaking(spoken English)
S.B.V. Sr. Sec. School
Siddharth International Public School
Arwachin International School
Flora Dale Public School
Hans Raj Smarak Sr. Sec. School
New Creations Public School
Nutan Vidya Mandir Public School
Dilshad Public School
Bloom Field Public School
Lovely Public sr.sec. school
KVVM Public School
Palam College of Higher Education www.palamcollege.com
more than 10 schools located in proximity to the region

Religious places

Bethel Assembly of GOD Church (AG Church)
St. Stephens Orthodox Church
St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church
St. Sebastian's Catholic Church
St. Francis Assisi Catholic Church
St. Thomas Knanaya Jacobite Church
Pentecostal Church Malayalam/Hindi Worship HOREB New Life Fellowship Church
HOREB Orthodox church, Dilshad colony
Shri Badrinath Mandir
Shri Manas Temple - Pocket E
Sanathan Dharam Shiv Mander - Pocket E
Radha Krishna Mandir
Laxmi Narayan Mandir
Bebe Nanki Gurudwara
Masjid in Muslim cemetery J&K Pocket
Sai Baba Mandir
Bharat Mata Mandir ^[2]
Ganesh mandir
Shani mandir
Gauri shankar mandir - Pocket I
-baba amarnath barfaani mandir
SAI BABA VATIKA,at SAI BABA CHOWK,DILSHAD GARDEN-DELHI—110095
Shri Ayyappa Mandir, Ayyappa Mandir Marg, Between Q & R Pocket, Dilshad Garden
Sarbajanin Puja Parishad, A block, Dilshad Garden
Brahma Kumari Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya, Dilshad Colony

Sports and Recreation

Tahirpur Sports Complex
Yamuna Krida Sthal (about 4 km)
A Block Recreation Club
The Pool Dilshad colony- B block
The fun zone billiards academy- C block Dilshad Colony
Sharp Shooters Snooker club -Near Arwachin School
The pool Point (Pali) -Above Nokia Care
Billiards Centre- LIC colony near Globus Chevrolet
Snooker Club- F block Dilshad Colony
Shivam Snooker Point- Near AIRTEL RELATIONSHIP STORE (Basement)

N.S.S Delhi Dilshad Garden Karayogam ( In recognition of 27 years of Socio-Cultural&Charitable Activities

Health Institutions

Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (GTBH) is affiliated to and acts as the teaching hospital of University College of Medical Sciences
Swami Dayanand Hospital
Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS)
jivan jyoti hospital near GTB
Suraksha Nursing Home
Red Cross Hospital
Karuna Hospital
Kalyan Hospital
Rajeev Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital

Sre Ayyappa Charitable Dispensary in Sre Ayyappa Temple

Autoshowrooms

Maruti Suzuki - Fair deal cars
Hyundai - Himgiri Hyundai
Chevrolet - Globus Chevrolet
Ford - Harpreet Ford
Tata-Fiat - Raghuvanshi Motors
Honda - Rajindra Honda
Hero Motocorp - R.K.Hero
Bajaj - Rajiv Raj Bajaj
Suzuki - Gayatri Suzuki

Banking and Financial institutions

State Bank of India
State Bank of Patiala
Punjab National Bank
Corporation Bank
Syndicate Bank
ICICI Bank
IndusInd Bank
Canara Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Allahabad Bank
Bank of India
United Bank of India
Bank of Baroda
HDFC Bank
Axis Bank
Central Bank of India
Union Bank
Nainital Bank
Muthoot fincorp and Muthoot finance
Reliance Life Insuarance
New India Asssurance
IIFL Gold Loans and all major banks and their ATMs are available in DG like Kotak, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Union Bank of Inida, UCO Bank, IDBI Bank etc.

Other Amenitiesand Retail stores

MTNL Sanchar Haat and MTNL Billing Station is in DG
Vodafone Mini Store
Airtel Relationship Centre
Reliance Store
Idea customer care centre
MTS store
Tata indicom relationship centre
Aircel store
Nokia Care
Spice Hotspot

Words of Wisdom- bookstore

Bajaj's Swift Solutions- All your needs related to Sale / Repairs of Computers/Laptop onsite 9873280082

Other Retail Stores

Reliance Fresh
Mother Dairy
Safal store
Kendriya Bhandar Retail Store
Adidas
Woodland
Liberty
Amul Exlusive shop
CAFE 91 (GAMERS PARADISE)

Personalities

Bollywood vocalist Sunidhi Chauhan used to reside here before shifting to Mumbai. She did her schooling from Greenway Modern School, Dilshad Garden. She used to live in R block Dilshad Garden.

Nearby areas

References

^ My own photo taken in February 2009.
^ "Bharat Mata Mandir". Bharat Mata Mandir. Retrieved 2 May 2011.

[1] My own photo taken in February 2009.

[Bharat_Mata_Mandir-2] "Bharat Mata Mandir". Bharat Mata Mandir. Retrieved 2 May 2011.

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