Rajendra Nagar

Rajendra Nagar is the name of several localities and towns in India, most of them named after the country's first president Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Exception to the rule Rajendra Nagar in Raxaul has been named after Rajendra Singh of Kamshila ( Baikunthpur, Gopalganj). It may refer to:

Rajendra Nagar, Delhi

Rajendra Nagar (often spelled Rajender Nagar or Rajinder Nagar) is a residential colony in Central Delhi Delhi, India. The name comes from Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India. It is bordered by the Central Ridge Protected Forest on the east and south, IARI on the west, and Karol Bagh on the north. It is a constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi The current Councillor for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is Mr. Rajesh Bhatia of the Bhartiya Janata Party. Vijender Garg is an MLA from Rajinder nagar of AAP( Aam Admi Party) who won with wooping margin of 20,051 votes, defeating two major party canditates from BJP and Congress in recent 2015 Concluded Election.

Overview

Like most of the colonies developed in the 1950s, Rajender Nagar was primarily a Punjabi refugee colony which came up during the years after the partition of India in 1947, when several such residential neighbourhoods sprang up in the New Delhi area, including other examples such as Lajpat Nagar and Patel Nagar.