Nizamuddin East

Nizamuddin East
Neighborhood of Delhi
Nizamuddin East Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°35′N 77°15′E / 28.59°N 77.25°E / 28.59; 77.25
Country	India
State	Delhi
Metro	New Delhi
Government
• Body	Delhi Municipality
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu, English, Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	110013
Lok Sabha constituency	Nizamuddin East
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Nizamuddin East
Planning agency	Delhi Municipality

Nizamuddin East is an affluent residential colony in South East Delhi, India. It is located on Mathura Road and is home to Humayun's Tomb, as well as that of Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana. There are several other monuments in the area. The colony has 286 houses, including Jaipur Estate, and 32 public parks.^{[citation needed]}

Inside the colony is a small center of the Arya Samaj.

Location

Nizamuddin, named after the 13th century Sufi saint, is a centrally located residential area within the ring road. Set in the backdrop of the spectacular Humayun's tomb, to its north and Khan Khana Tomb to its South.

Notable residents

Hukumat Rai Gandhi, first station master of Nizamuddin Railway Station which caused the founding of the colony and hence the first president of the resident welfare association
Subramanian Swamy, Former Cabinet Minister - Government of India^[1]
Sheila Dikshit, former Chief Minister of Delhi
Navin Chawla, election commissioner
Anjolie Ela Menon, artist
Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, artist
Jatin Das, artist
Nandita Das, actress
B. C. Sanyal, artist
Arpita Singh, artist
Dom Moraes, writer
Leela Naidu, actress
M. S. Gill, member of parliament
Arun Bhatnagar, retired civil servant
Aman Nath, of the Neemrana Hotels chain
Sandeep Dikshit, former Member of parliament
Ajay Jadeja, cricket player
Ratna Fabri, museologist
Dev Benegal, filmmaker
Shyam Benegal, screenwriter
Vinod Mehta, journalist
Mark Tully, BBC journalist
Ajit Bhattacharjea, Indian Express editor
Jawed Habib, hairstylist and politician
Vikram Seth, novelist
Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, scholar and politician