Of acacia forest was clear from the start Connaught Place shopping is a hot destination. Connaught Place was completed in 1933. Shops opened at the beginning but picked up just so he did not. 80 years ago and was also known for shopping craze that continues today. CP are telling about the journey of
Poonam Pandey

Connaught Place has not changed too much in the look. Original look her in the many efforts were to keep the heritage look of it is lost. The crowd from moving around the environment change is complete. People sit in the first cycle or horse chariot had reached the city, the temple is now the Metro directly.

Lutians of the Plan
Lutians the City Planning Map in the capital as the center point allowed the Trade Center. Different – in different directions from the center point was added to the eight paths. ‘New Delhi, Delhi’s eighth city’ book, the author points out that the Imperial Delhi Committee Member W. Madan Thapliyal. H. Nicholas had proposed the development of the center and eight entry points in round-ing the entrance archway. But economic reasons why this idea has been canceled.

Found that ‘Connaught’ Name
Duke of Connaught, uncle of King George V in 1921, departed from India. Name of the Trade Center in memory of his visit to India decided to Connaught Place. By Robert Tor Russell, chief architect of India, Connaught Place, the design of the built form of the horse’s hoof.

Parisian young man opened the first store
The clamshell in place, there was Madoganj village and the village of acacia forests were around. Trade Center to make this acacia forests began to be clean. Some of the Trade Center in 1921 begun to glimpse. Madan Thapliyal that the first general store opened by a young enthusiastic Parsi and some shops opened by wealthy merchants.Employees in public office were returned to the city in the night. They’d find something affordable in the city so they were expensive to buy from these stores.

First, the Regal Theatre
Building in Connaught Place which was the first, was the Regal theater. Theatre and performance in mind it was theater. As a symbol of fine arts in theater murals on both sides, leading to the front windows of the rich esque box and balcony above, made in the balcony Havan Kund. Any new shows before the fire was. Prithviraj Kapoor’s Prithvi Theatre, several shows in the theater. Early in the theater were very few visitors.

People sent to Karol Bagh
Parlhyament Street with the construction of Connaught Place and around areas being developed. Madoganj, Raja Jai ​​Singh Pura and the market began to be resettled in other parts of people in rural areas. Most of the villagers place in Karol Bagh. People were shy to go there over by the Deputy Commissioner La Bella – Karol Bagh, built to hold. At that time the area was rocky and full of wild grass and trees.

Mussel settlement of the ghosts
From Connaught Place, Barakhamba Madoganj (Barakhamba, Joseph Oats Market in front of the mosque was named to the Baradri) was up to. Shahazhambad it at the start of the Delhi ‘horror slum’ was called and no one ever looks at it not. The shops were being made when the customer purchases the more the British were coming. Gradually started coming here in Delhi socialites. Government employee remains in Gole Market and Baird Lane was shopping at new stores. Paharganj would be great for shopping.

The beginning of the show window
Connaught Place shops to show stuff like the show windows were European business centers. Windows of the show was meant to advertise those things which he was selling. Vengrs pastries and cake sellers, gold, silver jewelery seller Hemiltns, Dreprs and taylors – Felips and Rnkn, wine shop Bhola Ram and Sons, milk and milk sellers of goods, famous movie actor Madan Puri Puri’s brother Chavan Shops Connaught Place of work were open. After a while, Empire Stores, Lala Girdhari Lal, Leela Ram Bhavnani, Baluja also started his business here.

Summer Shimla was the CP
Shimla summer Viceroy and his staff were gone. Connaught Place with them many of the vendors were going to Shimla. (Even today, many shoppers to Connaught Place, the shops are in Shimla.) Population due to the summer capital was deserted seem. People used to play football on the streets open morning and evening, people living in cities in the summer had come to Connaught Place and New Delhi. Other days they were afraid to come before the British. Connaught Place and people to the site of sawmill town of bullock carts had just come to these places to see and entertain.