Moti Bagh
human settlement in India
Moti Bagh, a residential locality in New Delhi, was developed in 1950s to house Government employees. This locality, with many trees and parks, is divided into South Moti Bagh and North Moti Bagh.
Moti Bagh is the official residence to senior civil servants, members and Chairman of the Railway Board, other employees serving in the Government of India and several officers of the Indian Armed Forces, Particularly the Indian Navy and Army, primarily officers of the rank Brigadiers/Commodores and Major Generals.
2007 construction for New Moti Bagh started, and in 2012 ended. Satya Niketan is located to the south-west of Moti Bagh, and Shanti Niketan and Anand Niketan, two of the affluent localities of Delhi are located to the south of Moti Bagh.
History
Situated south of Chanakyapuri, the colony has derived its name from a bagh (garden) and the area's name, which was Arakpur Bagh Mochi.
Maulavi Zafar Hasan's Monuments of Delhi published in 1919, describes Moti Bagh as: "The Bagh is an extensive enclosure surrounded by a masonry wall with a bastion at each of the four corners and a big gateway towards east. in the centre of the enclosure there is a tank about 120 sq. feet with a circular bastion, which has a pavilion of three compartments on its northern bank. it was originally a bagh built by one Ramdas entitled Mochi and it is after his title that the garden is known".
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