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Connaught Place of New Delhi

Commonly known by the initial alphabets, C.P., and recently given the name, Rajive Chowk, Connaught Place is the biggest commercial centre of Delhi. It is the Central Business District of the Indian capital having the head offices of major banks, airlines, and other important businesses. It possesses a lot of attraction for tourists due to its marvellous architecture and the constant hustle and bustle seen here day and night. Myriad tourists walk around this unique roundabout daily, busy in shopping or carrying out their routine chores. 

The square is formed by two concentric circles creating an inner circle and an outer one. Seven radial roads from various directions converge at the centre of the inner circle. The design of the square is in accordance to the Royal Crescent in Bath, U. K. Its architecture is of old Victorian style.

A Short History Of The Place

The gate way to colonial New Delhi, the square is named upon a well known member of the royal family of Britain--the first duke of Connaght. During the period of the British rule, a strange idea struck them that a market in the shape of a horse shoe would prove to be lucky for both shop keepers as well as shoppers. In 1929, the construction of the square was started and was completed by 1933.


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Delhi's Business hub---Connaught Place 

Soon after its opening to public, several business houses set up their stores at the place; such as, the Keventor's, Snowhite, and Galgotia etc. After them stepped in the restaurant chains like Kwaliti, United Coffee House, and Wengers that was run by a Swiss couple who had introduced Swiss chocolates and pastry in India. 

Connaught Place had been once the favorite place of the families of British officers stationed in India, the Indian dignitaries, and of wealthy businessmen, for shopping. The place also has Delhi’s first underground market, the Pallika Bazaar; besides this, the first underground car park of the city. Moreover, the first luxury hotel of New Delhi, the Imperial, lies here on Queen's way (its new name is Jan Path). It was here that the matter of the partition of the Indian sub-continent into India and Pakistan was discussed by Mahatma Gandhi, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, and Lord Mount Baton.

  

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