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This is a list of roads in Delhi, India named after people, organized by district.

Central Delhi

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Road Named after Notes
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 11th President of India. Formerly called Aurangzeb Road, after the 6th Mughal Emperor.[citation needed]
Ajmal Khan Road Mohammad Ajmal Khan Founder of Jamia Millia Islamia.[1]
Amrita Shergil Marg Amrita Sher-Gil Hungarian-Indian painter. Formerly called Ratendone Road. The road runs alongside Lodhi Garden, which was previously called Lady Willingdon Park. Ratendone Road was named after her son, Viscount Ratendone.[1][2]
Baba Kharak Singh Marg Baba Kharak Singh Indian independence activist. Formerly called Irwin Road, after British viceroy Lord Irwin.[1]
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg Bahadur Shah Zafar Last Mughal emperor.[1]
Balwant Rai Mehta Lane Balwantrai Mehta 2nd Chief Minister of Gujarat. Formerly called Curzon Lane, after the British Viceroy who oversaw the partition of Bengal, George Curzon.[1]
Dr Bishambar Das Marg Bishambar Das Das was a Punjab-born doctor who popularized homoeopathy in India. Formerly called Allenby Road, after British field marshal Edmund Allenby.[1]
Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg Jawaharlal Nehru 1st Prime Minister of India. Formerly called Circular Road.[1]
Kasturba Gandhi Marg Kasturba Gandhi Wife of Mahatma Gandhi. Formerly called Curzon Road, after George Curzon.[1]
Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Marg Madhavrao Scindia Union minister. Formerly called Canning Road, after British Governor-General Charles Canning.[1]
Maulana Azad Road Abul Kalam Azad 1st Minister of Education. Formerly called King Edward Road.[1]
Rafi Marg Rafi Ahmed Kidwai 1st Minister for Communications. Formerly called Old Mill Road, after a flour mill in the area.[1]
Rajaji Marg C. Rajagopalachari Last Governor-General of India. Formerly called King George's Avenue, after George VI.[1]
Rajesh Pilot Marg Rajesh Pilot Union minister.[3] Formerly called South End Road[4]
Sardar Patel Marg Vallabhbhai Patel 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India. Originally named Kitchener Road, after British Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener.[1]
Subramania Bharti Marg Subramania Bharati 20th century Tamil poet. Formerly called Cornwallis Road after the British governor general Edward Cornwallis.[1]
Thyagaraja Marg Tyagaraja 18th century Carnatic music composer. Formerly called Clive Road, after first British administrator of Bengal Robert Clive.[1]
Tilak Marg Bal Gangadhar Tilak Indian nationalist. Formerly called Hardinge Road, after British viceroy Charles Hardinge.[1]
Tolstoy Marg Leo Tolstoy Russian writer. Formerly called Keeling Road, after chief engineer of Delhi, Hugh Keeling.[1]
Vivekanand Marg Swami Vivekananda Formerly called Minto Road, after British Governor-General 1st Earl of Minto and his grandson Governor-General 4th Earl of Minto.[1]

East Delhi

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Road Named after Notes
Haneef Uddin Marg Haneef Uddin Indian Army Captain who died while serving with the 11th battalion of Rajputana Rifles in the Kargil War.[5]
Maharaja Agrasen Road Agrasen Legendary Maharaja of Agroha.

New Delhi

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Road Named after Notes
Akbar Road Akbar 3rd Mughal emperor.[1]
Alexander M. Kadakin Marg Alexander Kadakin Russian Ambassador to India.[6][7][8]
André Malraux Marg André Malraux French novelist and French Minister of Cultural Affairs.[3]
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg Aruna Asaf Ali First Mayor of Delhi.
Bhai Vir Singh Marg Vir Singh Punjabi writer.
Chelmsford Road Lord Chelmsford Viceroy (1916–21).[1]
Connaught Lane Duke of Connaught [1]
Dara Shikoh Road Dara Shikoh Eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Formerly called Dalhousie Road, after Governor-General Lord Dalhousie.[9]
Gamal Abdel Nasser Marg Gamal Abdel Nasser 2nd President of Egypt.[10]
Hailey Road Malcolm Hailey British peer and administrator in British India.
Indira Chowk Indira Gandhi Formerly called Connaught Circus, after the Duke of Connaught.[11]
Jai Singh Marg Jai Singh III Maharajah of Jaipur State.[12]
Justice S.B. Road S. B. Sinha Supreme Court Justice.[citation needed]
Justice Sunanda Bhandare Marg Sunanda Bhandare Delhi High Court Justice.[13]
Kamraj Road K. Kamaraj 3rd Chief Minister of Madras State. Formerly called Dupleix Road, after Governor General of French India Joseph François Dupleix.
Kwame Nkrumah Marg Kwame Nkrumah 1st Prime Minister and President of Ghana.[10]
Lodhi Road Lodhi dynasty Last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.[1]
Maharshi Raman Marg Ramana Maharshi Indian sage.[12]
Archbishop Makarios Marg Makarios III Archbishop and 1st President of Cyprus.[13]
Mansingh Road Man Singh II Maharajah of Jaipur State[11]
Mohammad Ali Jauhar Marg Mohammad Ali Jauhar One of the founders and presidents of the All-India Muslim League.
Mother Teresa Crescent Mother Teresa Formerly called Willingdon Crescent.[14][15]
Motilal Nehru Marg Motilal Nehru Formerly called York Road, after George VI who was made the Duke of York in 1920.[11]
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Marg Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Founder of the Republic of Turkey.[13]
Najaf Khan Road Najaf Khan Builder of Najafgarh and commander of the Mughal armies during 1772-82.
Nelson Mandela Road Nelson Mandela 1st President of South Africa.
Prithviraj Road Prithviraj Chauhan King from the Chahamana (Chauhan) dynasty.
Rajiv Chowk Rajiv Gandhi 6th Prime Minister of India. Formerly called Connaught Place, after the Duke of Connaught.[11]
Rao Tula Ram Marg Rao Tula Ram Leader in the rebellion of 1857.
Safdarjung Road Safdar Jang Nawab of Awadh
Shahjahan Road Shah Jahan 5th Mughal emperor
Tughlaq Road Tughlaq dynasty Dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1320 to 1413.
Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Marg Vijaya Raje Scindia [16]
Dr Zakir Hussain Marg Zakir Husain 3rd President of India.[12]

North Delhi

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Road Named after Notes
Sham Nath Marg Sham Nath Deputy Minister for Railways in the 1960s. Formerly called Alipur Road.[1]
Rani Jhansi Road Lakshmibai Rani of Jhansi. Formerly called Mutiny Memorial Road [1](often abbreviated to MM Road)

Old Delhi

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Road Named after Notes
Ansari Road Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari Indian political leader. Formerly called Darya Ganj Road.[1]
Netaji Subhash Marg Subhas Chandra Bose Indian nationalist. Formerly called Elgin Road, after British viceroy.[1]
Swami Shradhanand Marg Swami Shraddhanand Social reformer. Formerly called Garstin Bastion Road.[1](Widely known as GB Road)

South Delhi

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Road Named after Notes
Benito Juarez Marg Benito Juarez 26th President of Mexico.
Sri Aurobindo Marg Sri Aurobindo Indian philosopher and nationalist.
Josip Broz Tito Marg Josip Broz Tito Yugoslav communist leader.

South West Delhi

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Road Named after Notes
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Marg Bacha Khan Pashtun independence activist.[17]

Roads formerly named after people

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The following roads were once named after people, but have since been renamed after something else.

Road Named after Notes
Albuquerque Road Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese governor of Goa in the 16th century. Renamed Tees January Marg, after the date on which Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on the premises of a bungalow located on the road.[1]
Baird Road David Baird British general. Renamed Bangla Sahib Marg, after a nearby gurdwara.[1]
Havelock Road Henry Havelock British general who recaptured Kanpur during the 1857 rebellion. Renamed Kali Bari Marg, after a Kali Temple built in the 1930s.[1]
Reading Road Lord Reading British Viceroy. Renamed Mandir Marg, after the Laxmi Narayan Temple.[1]
Roberts Road Robert Tor Russell Chief Architect to the Public Works Department who designed Connaught Place. Renamed Teen Murti Marg after Teen Murti Bhavan.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Soofi, Mayank Austen (4 September 2015). "Bye bye, Aurangzeb". Mint. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. ^ "The Indian streets with an identity crisis". Financial Times. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b List (13 September 2015). "City List – New & Old Road Names, Around Town". The Delhi Walla. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ^ "What's in a name? Just ask the netas".
  5. ^ Elizabeth, Prapti (11 February 2017). "You Hear The Names Of These Places Every Day, But Who Are These People?". ScoopWhoop. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  6. ^ "NDMC renames Officers Mess Road after former Russian ambassador Alexander Kadakin". Hindustan Times. 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Delhi street named after Russia's late envoy Alexander Kadakin: PM Modi". The Indian Express. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Chanakyapuri road named after late Russian envoy Kadakin". Press Trust of India. New Delhi. 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  9. ^ Nath, Damini (6 February 2017). "Dalhousie Road becomes Dara Shikoh Road". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Africa's link with Delhi: grannies and streets". Telegraph India. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  11. ^ a b c d "Do you know where are Canning, Chelmsford and Hardinge in Delhi?". DNA India. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  12. ^ a b c Masoodi, Ashwaq (2 November 2016). "Where the streets have no (female) names". Mint. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  13. ^ a b c Hashmi, Sohail (11 February 2012). "Everything is in a name". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Road renamed after Mother". The Times of India. 20 October 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Living in the Gandhi home". Hindustan Times. 21 September 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  16. ^ Jain, Akanksha (26 October 2014). "RTI query on names of streets piques NDMC". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  17. ^ Hashmi, Sohail (4 May 2013). "A road for wrong reasons". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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