Sadar Bazaar, Delhi

Coordinates: 28°39′32″N 77°13′00″E / 28.658813°N 77.216742°E / 28.658813; 77.216742
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This article is about the market in Delhi, India. For other uses, see Sadar Bazaar (disambiguation).

Sadar Bazaar (Delhi)
locality, market
MCD

Sadar Bazaar is the largest wholesale cosmetics jewellery market of household items in

Delhi, India. [1]

Like other major markets of

a assembly constituency, making it a hub for politics. Sadar Bazar is in the list of World's 9 Most Iconic Markets, as per Times Travel.[2]
Sadar Bazar market was developed in 1830 by the British officer Charles Trevelyan. Sadar Bazar is the largest wholesale market in Asia & India. 'Bara Tooti Chowk' in Sadar Bazar, is the main intersection in the market, where all the protest, functions/celebrations, meetings, etc. are done. Daily Business worth of ₹300crore is done on daily basis in the market.

History

Mughal era,[3] gets its present name 'Paharganj', literally meaning Hilly neighbourhood, owing to its proximity to the Raisina Hill, where the Rashtrapati Bhavan stand today. Till, 1857, neighbourhoods like Paharganj, Kishenganj, and Pahari Dhiraj, were separate pockets which in the following years grew and merged, for example Pahari Dhiraj merged into Sadar Bazaar.[4]

Location and transportation

Sadar Bazaar is located on the western side of

auto-rickshaws and trains (closest metro station is Tis Hazari Metro Station).[5]

The area also has a

passenger trains consisting of General class seating arrangements. As of 2015, the rail ticket fare for this leg is ₹5. [6]

Commodities

Sadar Bazaar consists of numerous smaller markets, including Pratap market, Swadeshi market and Teliwara or Timber market.

counterfeit products of many multi-national companies, FMCG products and especially cosmetic goods of deceptively similar character.[7] It was thus listed as a "notorious market" by the USTR in 2015 for selling counterfeit consumer goods and cosmetics.[8]

Traders and shoppers have access to authentic Indian food, including delicacies deep-fried in

mithai (traditional sweets) of various kinds. The lanes are plenty and narrow, lined with shops selling imported goods, clothing, shoes and leather items, electronic and consumer goods, and more.[5]
The market, even more so than the rest of the city, is very congested.

Concerns

Considered by some to be the biggest wholesale market in Asia, accounts from local traders indicate that Sadar Bazaar suffers from over-congestion of stalls, power cuts, lack of sanitation facilities, improper maintenance of roads and frequent traffic jams.[9]

Despite being chaotic, Sadar Bazaar remains a tourist attraction.[10][11]

Swadeshi Market

Swadeshi Market in Sadar Bazaar is famous for artificial jewellery, toys, gifts item, and household plastics. Inside Sadar Bazaar, every lane is having its local association and having shops of different goods.

Administration and politics

Federation of Sadar Bazar Traders Association (Regd.) is the parental organisation of all the major trade associations of Sadar Bazaar.[12]

Sadar Bazaar is part of the Sadar-

Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency represented by Harsh Vardhan of the BJP.[citation needed
]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sadar Bazaar Delhi". Sadar Bazaar. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. ^ "World's most iconic markets". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  3. ^ Great Britain, Parliament. House of Commons (1859). House of Commons papers, Volume 18. HMSO. p. 8.
  4. ISBN 978-0-19-561259-2
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  5. ^ a b c "Sadar Bazaar Market in Delhi". Mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  6. ^ "eRail.in". Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  7. ^ Singh, Karn Pratap (6 July 2012). "Fake cosmetics worth Rs 50 lakh seized from Sadar Bazar, two held". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  8. ^ "2015 Out of Cycle Review of Notorious Markets" (PDF). Office of the United States Trade Representative. December 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  9. ^ Gulati, Sumegha (24 November 2011). "Asia's biggest wholesale market may also be its most neglected: Traders". The Indian Express Archive. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  10. ISBN 978-1-934159-07-1
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  11. ISBN 978-81-7625-527-1
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  12. ^ "List of Industrial/Market Associations / Federations in Delhi". Office of the Labour Commissioner. Government of NCT of Delhi, India. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Zonal Structure of NDMC". North Delhi Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Winning Candidates List Delhi Assembly Elections 2013". Indian-Elections.com. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  15. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2008. p. 5. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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