Badarpur

Badarpur is a historical town in South Delhi district in Delhi, at a distance of 17 km in south east. Situated close to its part with Haryana country, Faridabad district, the area is typically called "Badarpur Border". Situated on Mathura Road joining Delhi with Agra-Mathura, on NH 2 Highway, a part of the ancient Grand Trunk Road that when joined Bengal to Kabul. It is the start line for the on the "Mehrauli- Badarpur Road" that surpassed through Tughlaqabad, Khanpur, Delhi, Saket in the direction of Mehrauli.

The Delhi Faridabad Skyway expanded highway additionally opened at the starting of MB Road. It is serviced through Badarpur station of Delhi Metro on Violet Line. Badarpur is likewise domestic to the Badarpur Thermal Power Station of National Thermal Power Corporation, opened in 1973 and an vital strength supply to South Delhi and East Delhi district.Badarpur as soon as housed one of many sarais, referred to as Sarai Badarpur, along the historics Grand Trunk Road, possibly built in the course of the length of Jahangir in the sixteenth century.

Prior to that, Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq built the Qutub-Badarpur Road as he established the 5th historic town of Delhi, Tughlaqabad, within the 13th century AD, which linked the town to the Grand Trunk Road. The road is now referred to as the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, an essential if congested road connecting Badarpur in southwest Delhi to Mehrauli in south Delhi. The authentic village of Badarpur lies east of the Meethapur-Palla avenue which passes from Aali village right down to Palla village to the south.