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]}

Nizamuddin East
Neighborhood of Delhi
Nizamuddin East Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 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

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
• 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

Transport

• The Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station.
• The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses are also run to this suburb.

See also

• Nizamuddin West

External links

• Map of Nizamuddin East