Badarpur, Delhi
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 Badarpur, Delhi
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| Coordinates: 28°31′00″N 77°20′00″E / 28.5167°N 77.3333°ECoordinates: 28°31′00″N 77°20′00″E / 28.5167°N 77.3333°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Delhi |
| District | South Delhi |
| Founded by | Binod Kumar sharma |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
| Elevation | 191 m (627 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 110044 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | South Delhi |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Badarpur |
| Civic agency | Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
| Website | www.facebook.com/Badarpur.Official |
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Badarpur is a historic town in South Delhi district in Delhi, at a distance of 17 km in south east. Situated close to its edge with Haryana state, Faridabad district, the area is commonly known as "Badarpur Border". Situated on Mathura Road joining Delhi with Agra-Mathura, on NH 2 (Delhi-Howrah) Highway, a part of the historic Grand Trunk Road that once joined Bengal to Kabul. It is the starting point for the on the "Mehrauli- Badarpur Road" that passed through Tughlaqabad, Khanpur, Delhi, Saket towards Mehrauli. The Delhi Faridabad Skyway elevated highway also opened at the starting of MB Road. It is serviced by Badarpur station of Delhi Metro on Violet Line.
Badarpur is also home to the Badarpur Thermal Power Station (BTPS) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), opened in 1973 and an important power source to South Delhi and East Delhi district.
Badarpur once housed one of many sarais (caravan resthouses), known as Sarai Badarpur, along the historics Grand Trunk Road, probably built during the period of Jahangir in the 16th century. Prior to that, Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq built the Qutub-Badarpur Road as he established the fifth historic city of Delhi, Tughlaqabad, in the 13th century AD, which connected the city to the Grand Trunk Road. The road is now known as the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, an important if congested road connecting Badarpur in southwest Delhi to Mehrauli in south Delhi. The original village of Badarpur lies east of the Meethapur-Palla road which passes from Aali village (to the north) down to Palla village to the south.
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