Shahdara
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1. Shahdara (Persian royal gate), New Delhi is a suburb of Delhi. It consists of old markets. Shahdara is a part of both East and Northeast Delhi. Shahdara has two MCD’s (Municipal council of Delhi) zones. North and South Shahdara are the main wards. Shahdara is an eastern suburb of Delhi. It is one of the stations on the line 1 of Delhi Metro. Its nearby areas are Dilshad Garden, Mansarover Park, Dilshad Colony, Tahirpur, Preet Vihar, Anand Vihar, Jagatpuri, Navin Shahdara, Seemapuri, Geeta Colony, Silampur, New Silampur, Welcome Colony, New Seemapuri, Usmanpur, New Usmanpur, Yamuna Vihar and Bhajanpura. Shahdara is also divided in two parts Purana Shahdara (Old Shahdara) and Navin Shahdara (New Shahdara). Nathu Colony, Kabir Nagar, Jhilmil Colony, Rohtash Nagar, Babarpur, Ashok Nagar, Maujpur, Ghonda Colony, Subhash Mohalla, Vishwas Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Ram Nagar, Bhaula Nath Nagar, Kanti Nagar and Gokulpur are some colonies in Shahdara.
Sometimes people call the whole trans-Yamuna region as Shahdara. Shahdara is one of the suburbs.
2. Shahdara (Lahore, Pakistan): Shahdara is suburban part of Lahore. It constitutes Northern Lahore and is situated across the river Ravi. It was named Shahdara, i.e. Royal gate, because it was situated right on the famous Grand Trunk Road (GT Road) that linked Delhi, the then capital of Moghul sultanate, with Afghanistan and also this was Northern gateway of Lahore. Tombs of Moghul emperor Jehangir (a.k.a. Saleem) and her queen Noor Jehan are also in this town. Shahdara was famous for orchards and date palm trees which have almost been vanished because of want of residential land for ever increasing population which is migrating from villages and settling here being a place cheapest and nearest to Lahore. Shahdara is situated on the junction of transport network also (road and railway) linking Lahore with Gujranwala-Gujrat-Jhelum-Rawalpind on one side and Shekhupura-Faisalabad-Sargodha on the other side.
