Safdarjung area consists of mainly two localities in

South Delhi South Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India with its headquarters in Saket. Administratively, the district is divided into three subdivisions, Saket, Hauz Khas, and Mehrauli. It is bounded by ...

, namely Safdarjung Enclave and Safdarjung Development Area (SDA). There are several districts (called ''colonies'') in

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located south of the

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Safdarjung Wazir-ul-Mamalik-e-Hindustan Asaf Jah Jamat-ul-Mulk Shuja-ud-Daula Nawab Abul Mansur Khan Bahadur Safdar Jang Sipah Salar (c. 1708 – 5 October 1754), better known as Safdar Jang, was the second Nawab of Kingdom of Awadh succeeding Saadat Al ...

, the second

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, an important administrator in the

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Imperial courts in Delhi, under

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in the 18th century.

Safdarjung Enclave

Safdarjung Enclave, developed by the

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later

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after acquiring the farmlands from

Humayunpur Humayunpur () is a neighborhood located in the South Delhi District of the Indian state of Delhi. It is part of Safdarjung Enclave, and has a substantial Jats, Jat population. The settlement has existed since its origins as a village in the 17th ...

Village in the early 1960s under then Prime Minister Pandit

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is located just south of the

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and north of the

Hauz Khas Hauz Khas is a neighborhood in South Delhi, its heart being the historic Hauz Khas Complex. Well known in medieval times, the Hauz Khas village has buildings built around the reservoir. There are remnants of Islamic architecture roughly color ...

Deer Park. South of Hauz Khas village is the Safdarjung Development Area (SDA), built in the 1960s as an extension towards the south. Both colonies are primarily residential. Safdarjung Enclave built after

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did not include land grants for refugees from what is now

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. The airstrip next to

Safdarjung's Tomb Safdarjung's tomb is a sandstone and marble mausoleum in Delhi, India. It was built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style for Nawab Safdarjung. The monument has an ambience of spaciousness and an imposing presence with its domed and arched r ...

that occupies the area between it and Safdarjung Enclave, formerly Delhi's main airport, is now known as

Safdarjung Airport Safdarjung Airport is an airport in New Delhi, India, in the neighbourhood of the same name. Established during the British Raj as Willingdon Airfield, it started operations as an aerodrome in 1929, when it was India's second airport after the ...

and is the home of the Delhi Flying Club. Many official flights for the Central and State government also leave and arrive here rather than at Delhi's main airport

Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving New Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of ,

(formerly Palam Airport).

Major Schools in Safdarjung Enclave

St. Mary's School

Green Fields School
* Hill Grove Public School (Now known as Ambience Public School)
Delhi Police Public School
* Sarvodaya Govt. Senior Secondary School --Hospitals in Safdarjung Enclave--
Sukhmani Hospital

Centre For SightAashlok Fortis Hospital
*Diyos Hospital
Bhagat Medicare Centre And Nursing Home
*Sanjeevani Plus Hospital

Safdarjung Enclave

Major Schools in Safdarjung Enclave

Major Schools in SDA

See also

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