This upscale locality is named after 13th century Sufi saint, Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, whose dargah is situated within the area.
Hazrat Nizamuddin | dargah | Nizamuddin West | Nizamuddin Dargah | Nizamuddin Auliya | Nizamuddin East | Dargah |
He built his tomb, Chausath Khamba, literally 64 pillars, during 1623–24, near the Nizamuddin Dargah shrine complex in Delhi.
Nizamuddin East or Nizamuddin West, neighbourhoods in Delhi, near Nizamuddin Dargah, named after the saint