Ballimaran Assembly constituency is one of the 70 legislative assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India. The Ballimaran constituency was reorganized by delimitation commission in 2008. It is part of Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency.
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Chandni Chowk Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India.
Chandni Chowk assembly constituency is a part of Chandni Chowk.
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Nai Sarak meaning new street is the linking road, which connects the main Chandni Chowk Road to Chawri Bazar in Old Delhi and has a very big wholesale and retail market of mainly school and college textbooks. The street can be reached by taking a left turn after the Gali Paranthe Wali and just before the Katra Nawab Gali on the main Chandni Chowk Road. The other way to reach here is by taking a right turn from Chawri Bazar Road if coming from the Jama Masjid direction.
The street is called so because it is comparatively a new and broad road made by British after the war of 1857. It is lined with double-storey buildings mainly dominated by early 20th-century architecture. The lower storeys of these buildings have shops, which are specialized in special types of books like children's books or medical textbooks or books in different languages. Some shops specialize in stationery items as well as sell papers mostly used in offices. The market is today a busy thoroughfare and customers of all age can be seen here heading towards the shops that cater to their needs.
The market has also few wholesale shops of saris selling pure cotton, silk and embroidered ones among the many varieties available there. There are also one or two shops in the market that sells old and new musical instruments. The street mainly closed on Sunday.
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Chawri Bazar is a specialized wholesale market of brass, copper and paper products. Established in 1840, with a hardware market, it was the first wholesale market of Old Delhi it lies to the west of Jama Masjid in Delhi.
It can be reached by taking the street just near the middle projection of Jama Masjid's western wall. It was accessible via the Chawri Bazar underground station of the Delhi Metro.
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The Mubarak Begum Mosque, also known as Randi ki Masjid, is a 19th-century red sandstone mosque, located in Hauz Qazi, Old Delhi, Delhi, India. The Mughal-style mosque is also referred to as courtesan's mosque, and is located near the Chawri Bazaar metro station.
On 19 July 2020, at approximately 6:45 am, part of the mosque's central dome collapsed due to heavy rainfall. The mosque is under the custody of Delhi Wakf Board. Closed for a period of time, as of 2024, the mosque was open for worship.
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Chawri Bazar is an underground station located on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system serving Delhi and its satellite cities in the National Capital Region of India. It is located in the Chawri Bazaar locality of Old Delhi and was inaugurated on 3 July 2005 as part of the Kashmere Gate – Central Secretariat corridor.
See also
First Legislative Assembly of Delhi Second Legislative Assembly of Delhi Third Legislative Assembly of Delhi Fourth Legislative Assembly of Delhi Fifth Legislative Assembly of Delhi Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi