Lajpat Nagar
| Lajpat Nagar | |
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| Neighbourhood of Delhi | |
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| Nickname(s): L.N., A.G. | |
 Lajpat Nagar
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| Coordinates: 28°34′05″N 77°14′30″E / 28.56806°N 77.24167°ECoordinates: 28°34′05″N 77°14′30″E / 28.56806°N 77.24167°E | |
| Country | India |
| Territory | Delhi |
| District | South Delhi |
| Time zone | GMT + 0530 |
Lajpat Nagar is a residential and commercial neighbourhood of the South Delhi district of Delhi. It is named in honour of Lala Lajpat Rai, also known the Lion of Punjab, and is today most known for the Lajpat Nagar Central Market. There is also one more Lajpat Nagar in Ghaziabad in the NCR region.
The suburb is divided into four parts: Lajpat Nagar I, II, III (north of the Ring Road) and IV (south of the Ring Road). Housing colonies like Amar Colony, Dayanand Colony, Double Storey (also known as Nirmal Puri), National Park and Vikram Vihar are also located in it. Lajpat Nagar is famous for Central Market, which is a popular shopping destination, and is known for the garments, and textiles which are sold here.
The colony falls partially under the New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency) and part of it is in the South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency).
Lajpat Nagar was developed in 1950s and most of its early residents were Hindus and Sikhs moving east from newly formed Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947. As such, many of these individuals are Multanis and Sindhis. The colony was initially named as Cheap Colony or Cheap Cantonment. One part of Lajpat Nagar - 4 (Dayanand Colony) was named after Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, by Mr. B.N. Puri in 1957.
Initially refugee camps were set up in Purana Quila. Plots and the people were allotted plots in areas like Lajpat Nagar, Patel Nagar, Rajendra Nagar. The plots were of 15x60 feet constructed like army barracks .The houses were all single storey, with asbestos roofs, in the beginning, but now most of the houses are multi-storied.
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