Punjabi Bagh

Punjabi Bagh (Hindi: पंजाबी बाग़, Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬਾਗ਼, Urdu: پنجابی باغ) is one of the prominent and well-developed localities of Delhi, India. It also is one of the three subzones of West Delhi.

It was previously called Refugees Colony , but it was renamed as Punjabi Bagh in 1950 by then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

In its earliest stages was settlement for Hindus and Sikhs who moved from Pakistan during the partition. Not much later it started becoming the locality for big bungalows of wealthy traders, businessman, and transporters. The area is famous for these huge bungalows mostly in the range of 400-700 square yards, some even bigger than 2200 square yards. This area thus has the largest houses in the city. It has also thus developed an image as a posh locality, mostly residential and land prices are far flung. In the range of over 400,000 per square yard. It is undoubtedly the costliest and most upmarket residential area in West Delhi.

Punjabi Bagh has seen rapid commercial growth since the mid-90s with the opening of innumerable banks, Salons, restaurants such as Domino's, KFC, Nirula's, Breads n More, McDonald's, Wok in the Clouds, Thai Wok, Bikanerwala, etc. health clubs, ice cream shops, retail stores like

Reliance Fresh, sportswear showrooms like Adidas, Nike, Reebok etc. Salon like Shine & Glow Beauty Saloon[East Punjabi Bagh. Sikh & Hindu Shri Krishan Janmashathmi Mahotsav Punjabi Bagh is celebrated at Punjabi Bagh Stadium ( known as Traffic Training Park).

The colony mostly consists of private houses on the bungalow pattern and are so called "Kothis" (large bungalows). However apartments too exist.

The adjacent neighborhood of Paschim Vihar is also a well planned locality. It houses some famous schools of Delhi, such as the Guru Nanak Public School(west Punjabi Bagh), S M ARYA Public School (Punjabi bagh), Hans Raj Model School, Guru Harkrishan Public School(GHPS), S.D. Public School(East Punjabi Bagh), N C Jindal Public School (NCJPS) and some specialty hospitals like the Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, MGS Hospital and Oasis Homoeopathic Clinic & Pharmacy.

Divided into 2 parts East and West Punjabi Bagh. It is well connected to various parts of the city and has a fairly good bus network and roads. It is also well connected to the Metro with 2 stations right next to the main Punjabi Bagh Chowk also General store. The stations are Shivaji Park (Delhi Metro) & Punjabi Bagh (Delhi Metro).

The Western Part of Punjabi Bagh also has the famous ISKCON temple. ISKCON temple Punjabi Bagh is around 0.5 kilometres away from Punjabi Bagh Club on Road No.77(in the lane of mother’s pride school, it was established in September 2007. The temple is decorated with flowers and decorative material throughout the year.

Also, it is a hub of coaching institutes.Around 20 coaching institutes like Vidya Mandir Classes, FIITJEE, Narayana IIT Academy, Sehgal School of Competitions, etc. are located in Central Market. Over the recent years it has become an institutional hub, with many coaching institutes coming up in the central market.

For recreation and social gatherings there is a club called the Punjabi Bagh Club mainly for the residents offering a lot of facilities like swimming, Lawn Tennis, badminton, Roller skating, basketball, table tennis, squash, wedding lawns etc. It also has a well equipped gymnasium and rooms for arranging parties and kids entertainment.

Punjabi Bagh was considered as a quiet and small area in 1970's. But later various residential areas started developing past Punjabi Bagh. Rapid construction plans and banks started to come in the area. Now it's considered to be one of the most posh areas of New Delhi.

Neighboring areas include Paschim Vihar, Moti Nagar, Paschim Puri and Rajouri Garden

Accessibility:

Inter-State Bus Terminal: 13 km;
Indira Gandhi International Airport Domestic Airport: 14 km;
Indira Gandhi International Airport International Airport: 16 km;
Connaught Place: 9 km;
New Delhi Railway Station: 10 km;
Old Delhi Railway Station: 11 km;
All of the above places can be reached quite fastly as Punjabi Bagh has one of the best networks of flyovers.