Derawal Nagar
Appearance
Derawal Nagar | |
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Coordinates:28°41′51″N77°11′22″E/ 28.6974°N 77.1895°E | |
Country | India |
State | Delhi |
District | North Delhi |
Government | |
• Body | Municipal Corporation Of Delhi |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi,English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
PIN | 110009 |
Nearest city | Shahdara/Loni |
Lok Sabhaconstituency | North West Delhi |
Civic agency | MCD |
Derawal Nagaris a neighbourhood in NorthDelhi.It is named after people of theDerawalcommunity. Originally native to theDerajatregion (districts ofDera Ismail KhanandDera Ghazi Khanin present-dayPakistan). These individuals, who are mostlyHindu,were settled here after thepartition of Indiain 1947. It comprises two blocks A and B.[1]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^Subhasish, Dasgupta (2013).Studies in Virtual Communities, Blogs, and Modern Social Networking.Information Science Reference. p. 74.ISBN978-1-4666-4023-8.