Gole Market
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New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, that grew around the octagonal market built by Edwin Lutyens
Edwin Lutyens
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE, PRA, FRIBA was a British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era...
in 1921 within a traffic roundabout. The octagonal market built as a part in the axis planned by Edwin Lutyens
Edwin Lutyens
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, OM, KCIE, PRA, FRIBA was a British architect who is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era...
as part of New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
's layout.
History
The octagonal market was designed by Edwin Lutyens himself as it was integral to his plan. It was built in 1921, a full decade ago the Connaught PlaceConnaught Place, New Delhi
Connaught Place Connaught Place Connaught Place (Hindi: कनॉट प्लेस, (officially Rajiv Chowk) is one of the largest financial, commercial and business centers in Delhi. It is often abbreviated as CP and houses the headquarters of several Indian firms. Its surroundings occupy a place of pride...
shopping area came up near by, and catered to daily needs of the thousands of government employees living nearby residential colonies built for them, in the 1924. These employees worked at the near by Secretariat Building, as most government offices here from Old Delhi
Old Delhi
Old Delhi , walled city of Delhi, India, was founded as Shahjahanabad by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan in 1639. It remained the capital of the Mughals until the end of the Mughal dynasty....
, a decade before the new capital was inaugurated in 1931. Many of employees were brought into the new Capital from distant parts of the India, including the Bengal Presidency
Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency originally comprising east and west Bengal, was a colonial region of the British Empire in South-Asia and beyond it. It comprised areas which are now within Bangladesh, and the present day Indian States of West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Orissa and Tripura.Penang and...
and Madras Presidency
Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency , officially the Presidency of Fort St. George and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of British India...
. Even today the area had a strong Bengali community. It is one of Delhi's oldest surviving colonial markets, as most of the shops in the Gole Market were built in 1920s and are now heritage structures, the market was restored after 2009, by the New Delhi Municipal Council
New Delhi Municipal Council
New Delhi Municipal Council is the municipal corporation of the city of New Delhi, India, and the area under its administration is referred to as the NDMC area. NDMC, covering an area of 43.7 km2, is governed by a council with a chairperson appointed by the central government and includes the...
(NDMC).
After the partition of India
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
, noted painter B. C. Sanyal
B. C. Sanyal
Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal commonly known as B. C. Sanyal , the doyen of modernism in Indian art, was an Indian painter and sculpture and an Art teacher to three generations of artists...
and his wife Snelata, a ghazal singer and theatre person, moved to Delhi, they set up base in the 26, Gole Market. This "refugee studio" soon became a hub for artists and students in Delhi, and later gallery 26. Soon it gave rise to the Delhi Shilpi Chakra, which he founded along with a number of artist-friends, had an important influence on the contemporary art in the North India
North India
North India, known natively as Uttar Bhārat or Shumālī Hindustān , is a loosely defined region in the northern part of India. The exact meaning of the term varies by usage...
.
Overview
Also close by the ‘New Delhi General Post Office’, also known as Gole Dak Khana built in 1931, due to the octagonal shape of the building designed by Robert Tor Russell, the chief architect of Public Works Department, (PWD). It stands inside a busy roundabout earlier known as Alexandra Place, and its height was especially kept low to give the Sacred Heart CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral
Sacred Heart Cathedral may refer to:in Australia*Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, Victoria, Australiain Bosnia and Herzegovina* Cathedral of Jesus' Heart, Sarajevoin Canada...
, which stands close by a clear view.
Gole Market has over 60 shops including numerous Confectioneries, Sweets and fast food shops including, 'Kaleva', 'Bangla Sweet Shop', 'Karachi Sweet Shop' A kilometre away from the commercial centre Connaught Place and two kilometers from the President's House and the Parliament House
Parliament House
Parliament House is the name of the seat of Parliament in a number of jurisdictions:-Australia:Commonwealth Parliament* Parliament House, Canberra, Parliament of Australia* Old Parliament House, CanberraState and Territory Parliaments...
, it has existed in enviable proximity with the political masters of India. Also near Gole Market is the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...
(CPI(M)) Delhi headquarters.
Politics
Gole Market area has been a Delhi Metropolitan Council constituency within New DelhiNew Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 7 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1951.-Assembly segments:...
Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
constituency (1966–93), and later a Delhi State Assembly constituency within the South Delhi
South Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)
South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi. This constituency came into existence in 1966....
Lok Sabha constituency (1993–2008). In 1998 and later 2003 assembly elections, CM Sheila Dikshit
Sheila Dikshit
Sheila Dikshit is the Chief Minister of Delhi. She is from the Indian National Congress. Dikshit was sworn in as the Chief Minister for a third consecutive term of the Government of Delhi state in January 2009 after pulling a victory in November 2008 state elections...
was contested from Gole Market seat and won. However after the delimitation exercise in 2008, that seat does not exist any more, it is now the New Delhi constituency.
Religious buildings
Churches:- Sacred Heart CathedralSacred Heart CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral may refer to:in Australia*Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, Victoria, Australiain Bosnia and Herzegovina* Cathedral of Jesus' Heart, Sarajevoin Canada...
, within the compound of which is the Archbishops House - St. Peters Cathedral
- Church of North IndiaChurch of North IndiaThe Church of North India , the dominant Protestant denomination in northern India, is a united church established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the main Protestant churches working in northern India...
- Delhi Bible fellowship
- The Marthoma Church
Temples:
- Laxminarayan TempleLaxminarayan TempleThe Laxminarayan Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Laxminarayan in Delhi, India. The temple is built in honour of Lakshmi , and her consort Narayana by B. R. Birla from 1933 and 1939, when it was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi...
(Birla Mandir) - Kali Bari Mandir, Mandir Marg
- Hanuman Temple, Connaught Circus
- Hanuman Mandir (Gole Market)
- Kali Mandir (Bangla Sahib marg)
- Arya Samaj Mandir (Mandir marg)
- Buddha Mandir (Mandir marg)
The Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, the place of worship of the Sikhs
There is also the newly built Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga.
External links
The other Schools include
Elisabeth Hall-Shiv Niketan school, Kali Bari
Dayanand Model Public School
Rainoor Paathshaala, Kaali Bari
NP Primary School