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2 unusual facts about South Delhi


S. I. Padmavati

Post retirement, she set up the National Heart Institute (NHI) under AIHF, in South Delhi, the hospital was opened in 1981, which expanded in following years to include tertiary patient care, research and population outreach, and where she continues to work.

Uphaar Cinema fire

Fire services were delayed due to the heavy evening traffic and the location of the cinema hall, situated in one of the busiest areas of South Delhi.


Aravalli Range

The famous Delhi Ridge is the last leg of the Aravalli Range, which traverses through South Delhi and terminates into Central Delhi where Raisina hill is its last extension.

Delhi Ridge

In 1993, parts of north Delhi, central Delhi, south West Delhi and south Delhi covering 7,777 hectares was declared a reserve forest.

Khirki Masjid

Khirki Masjid, approached from the Khirki village in South Delhi and close to the Satpula or the seven arched bridge on the edge of southern wall of Jahapanah (the fourth city of Medieval Delhi), was a mosque built by Khan-i-Jahan Junan Shah, the Prime Minister of Feroz Shah Tughlaq (1351–1388) of the Tughlaq Dynasty.

Nizamuddin Markaz Masjeed

Nizamuddin Markaz Masjid or Banglewali Masjid is a mosque located in Nizamuddin West in South Delhi, India.


see also

2005 Delhi bombings

The bombs were triggered in two markets in central and south Delhi and in a bus in the Govindpuri area in the south of the city.