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Khan Market | |
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  Khan Market Location in Delhi, India | |
| Coordinates: 28°36′01″N 77°13′36.5″E / 28.60028°N 77.226806°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Delhi |
| Metro | Khan Market |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 110003 |
Khan Market is a shopping district and retail market in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1951 by the newly constituted Republic of India's Rehabilitation Ministry to give economic opportunities to refugees of the Partition of India, especially those from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province in Pakistan. Many such refugees had arrived in the Delhi region. It is named after Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan, also known as Dr. Khan Sahib, who was the Chief Minister of NWFP from 1945 to 1947, and who had helped many refugees to escape without harm. Khan was the elder brother of the Pashtun- and Indian-freedom activist Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan ("Frontier Gandhi").[1] In 2019, Khan Market was rated as the world's 20th most expensive commercial street by Cushman & Wakefield.[2][3][4]
- ^ Lakhani, Somya (17 May 2019). "Khan Market's humble beginnings: Meant for refugees, 'doomed to fail'". Indian Express. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
"This market was set up for those who had been displaced; refugees who had migrated from the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) ..." said Sanjiv Mehra, president of Khan Market Traders' Association and owner of Allied Toy Store.It was aptly named after popular NWFP leader Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan or Dr Khan Sahib, the elder brother of Pashtun Independence activist Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan or Frontier Gandhi.
- ^ "Delhi's Khan Market is world's 21st costliest high street". The Times of India. 23 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
- ^ "Delhi's Khan Market world's 21st costliest street". The Times of India. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
- ^ "New Delhi's Khan Market India's costliest street, world's 21st". Hindustan Times. 25 September 2010. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2010.