Najafgarh
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Najafgarh नजफ़गढ़ |
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| Subdistrict and Sub – City | |
 Najafgarh
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| Coordinates: 28°36′45″N 76°59′5″E / 28.61250°N 76.98472°ECoordinates: 28°36′45″N 76°59′5″E / 28.61250°N 76.98472°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Delhi |
| District | South West Delhi |
| Government | |
| • Body | Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,365,152 |
| Languages | |
| • Spoken | Haryanvi, Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | West Delhi |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Najafgarh |
| Civic agency | Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
Najafgarh is a Sub-City in the South West Delhi district in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India. It is one of the three Subdivisions of South West Delhi district. Najafgarh is located at the outskirts of the southwestern part of Delhi near Haryana border at a distance of 29 km from the New Delhi City Center. It has a mixture of rural and urban population from Delhi and Haryana. Due to the presence of a lot of freehold land, Najafgarh is the fastest developing tehsil in South West district of Delhi State.
Najafgarh was named after Mirza Najaf Khan (1733–1782) the commander-in-chief of the Mughal Army under king Shah Alam II. He marched several kilometers away from the capital of Shahjahanabad to establish a military outpost, which would guard Delhi against attacks by British, Rohillas and Sikhs. He built a strong fort, in the suburbs beyond the capital city and settled a small settlement of the Mughal here in its infancy. That fort was later named Najafgarh. After the death of Najaf Khan, Najafgarh later became a fortified stronghold of Rohilla Afghan chieftain Zabita Khan (b. 1785).
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and as a part of the Siege of Delhi, the Battle of Najafgarh took place on 25 August 1857 between Indian rebels and British Raj soldiers. Approximately 800 people were killed. After the defeat of Mughal troops in 1857, Delhi came into hands of British Empire in 1858. Najafgarh became a part of Delhi district of the Delhi Division of Punjab Province as Delhi was transferred from the North-Western Provinces (later the United Provinces) to Punjab by British Government in 1859. In 1861, the North-Western Provinces education system was abolished in Delhi, and a new system for schools modelled on Punjab education system was introduced by W.M. Holroyd, The Inspector of Schools of Ambala Division. New schools were opened at Narela, Najafgarh, Mehrauli and their suburbs. Several schools were opened here in the coming decades. The Delhi Normal School was shifted to Najafgarh from Kashmere Gate in 1911. The Delhi Normal School, with a small attached Model School, trained its teachers in closer accordance with European methods than any other Normal School in Northern India.
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