Nizamuddin East is an upscale residential colony 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...

, India

India

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. It is located on Mathura Road and is home to Humayun's Tomb

Humayun's Tomb

Humayun's tomb is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's wife Hamida Banu Begum in 1562 AD, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyath, a Persian architect...

, one of Delhi's most famous monuments. It is considered to be one of New Delhi,s greenest and most peaceful residential colonies. The colony having 286 houses, including Jaipur Estate, and 32 public parks.

Inside the colony is a small center of the Arya Samaj

Arya Samaj

Arya Samaj is a Hindu reform movement founded by Swami Dayananda on 10 April 1875. He was a sannyasi who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda emphasized the ideals of brahmacharya...

.

Commercial area

There is a small commercial strip in the colony, with several grocers, a cafe, an internet and telephone facility, a tailor, beauty salon, a pharmacy, and a small eatery. The Resident Welfare Association

Resident Welfare Association

A Resident Welfare Association is a civic body that represents the interests of the citizens of a specific urban or suburban locality in Indian cities. Membership is voluntary, and the leadership is usually elected by fee-paying members...

 has a Community Centre for residents with sports facilities like tennis, basketball, table tennis, badminton and pool. The Nizamuddin East Colony Association President is Asha Kohli and the Secretary is Arun Agarwal.

Notable Residents

Nizamuddin has been home to many interesting people.
Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit

Sheila Dikshit

Sheila Dikshit is the Chief Minister of Delhi. She is from the Indian National Congress. Dikshit was sworn in as the Chief Minister for a third consecutive term of the Government of Delhi state in January 2009 after pulling a victory in November 2008 state elections...

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Election Commissioner, Navin Chawla

Navin Chawla

Naveen , a controversial Indian bureaucrat , is a retired chief election commissioner of India. As Chief Election Commissioner, Navin Chawla oversaw the last 4 phases of Indian general election to Loksabha in April–May 2009...

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Artists Anjolie Ela Menon

Anjolie Ela Menon

Anjolie Ela Menon is one of India's leading contemporary female artists. Her paintings are in several major collections. Most recently , a major work "Yatra" was acquired by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California. Her preferred medium is oil on masonite, though she has also worked in...

,
and Vasudeo S. Gaitonde

Vasudeo S. Gaitonde

Vasudeo S. Gaitonde was regarded as India's foremost abstract artist. He received Padma Shri Award in 1971.-Personal life and education:...

,
Jatin Das  and his daughter, actor Nandita Das

Nandita Das

Nandita Das is an award-winning Indian film actress and director. As an actress, she is known for her performances in Fire , Earth , Bawandar , Kannathil Muthamittal and Aamaar Bhuvan . As a director, she is known for her directorial debut Firaaq , which has won a number of national and...

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B. C. Sanyal

B. C. Sanyal

Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal commonly known as B. C. Sanyal , the doyen of modernism in Indian art, was an Indian painter and sculpture and an Art teacher to three generations of artists...

, his architect son in law K. T. Ravindran,
and fellow member of School of Planning and Architecture

School of Planning and Architecture

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 Ram Sharma,
artist couple Paramjit Singh

Paramjit Singh

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 and Arpita Singh

Arpita Singh

Arpita Singh is an Indian artist. She was born in West Bengal, India in 1937. Currently she lives in Nizamuddin East, New Delhi. She is married to fellow painter Paramjit Singh and they have a daughter, the artist and socialite Anjum Singh...

,
the writer Dom Moraes

Dom Moraes

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 and his wife, actor Leela Naidu

Leela Naidu

Leela Naidu was an Indian actress who starred in a small number of Hindi and English films, including Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke , based on the real-life Nanavati case, and The Householder, Merchant Ivory Productions' first film...

'Rajya Sabha' Member of Parliament, M. S. Gill

M. S. Gill

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, Anwar Ahmad Khan Appellate tribunal for electricity,
Hotelier, Francis Wacziarg and his partner Aman Nath of the Neemrana Hotels

Neemrana Hotels

-External links:* * at TEDx...

 chain,
Museologist Ratna Fabri

Ratna Fabri

Ratna Fabri was a noted museologist of India who was awarded Padma Shri in 1971 for her achievements . Ratna Fabri had studied museums in America and Europe and had displayed arrangements in the Indian pavilion in the Montreal exhibition. She was married to Charles Fabri, a Hungarian émigré .She...

,
Stephane Landier
have all lived in Nizamuddin East.
The Benegals, Som Benegal writer theatre critic and journalist and his son, filmmaker Dev Benegal

Dev Benegal

Dev Benegal is an Indian director and screenwriter, most known for his debut film English, August , which won the 1995 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English....

 nephew of Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal

Shyam Benegal is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur , Nishant Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to...

and legendary documentary film maker S Sukhdev were also residents.

The neighborhood is also popular, along with nearby Defence Colony

Defence Colony

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, among journalists including for example
the BBC

BBC

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 journalist Mark Tully

Mark Tully

Sir William "Mark" Tully, OBE is the former Chief of Bureau, BBC, New Delhi. He worked for BBC for a period of 30 years before resigning in July 1994. He held the position of Chief of Bureau, BBC, Delhi for 20 years. Since 1994 he has been working as a freelance journalist and broadcaster based in...

 and his girlfriend,
Indian Express editor Ajit Bhattacharjea
and correspondents for the New York Times
and Le Figaro.

The wider area included
Singers Aminuddin Dagar

Aminuddin Dagar

Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar was an Indian dhrupad singer in the dagar-vani style.He is also remembered as the younger brother in the legendary jugalbandi or duo of Senior Dagar Brothers...

 ,
Artist Tyeb Mehta

Tyeb Mehta

Tayyabb Mehta was a noted Indian painter. He was part of the noted Bombay Progressive Artists' Group, which included greats like F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza and M.F...

 in Nizamuddin West,
M F Husain

M F Husain

Maqbool Fida Husain commonly known as MF, was an eminent painter of Indian origin, although a Qatari national at the time of his death. He has been widely regarded as the "Picasso of India" and has influenced a whole generation of artists in the country.Husain was associated with Indian modernism...

 in Jangpura

Jangpura

Jangpura is a neighbourhood in South Delhi district of Delhi. Beginning from the east and moving clockwise, it is bordered by the Mathura Road, Ring Railway line, Silver Oak Park beyond the Defence Colony Flyover, and the Barapulla Nullah...

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Richard Bartholomew

Richard Bartholomew

Richard Lawrence Bartholomew was an art critic, photographer, painter, poet and writer.-Early life:Richard Bartholomew fled from Tavoy , Burma , where he was born, during the Second World War...

 in Bhogal.

Transport

Nizamuddin East is home to one of the New Delhi's YMCA

YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs...

s, as well as the Nizamuddin East train station.

The Delhi state transport runs buses to this suburb.

External links

• Map of Nizamuddin East