- published: 10 Dec 2015
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Punjabi Bagh is a locality in Delhi, India. It also is one of the three subzones of West Delhi.
It was previously called Refugees colony, but it was renamed as Punjabi Bagh in 1950.
In its earliest stages was settlement for Hindus and Sikhs who moved from Pakistan during the partition. Not much later it started becoming the locality for big bungalows of wealthy traders, businessman, and transporters. The area is famous for these huge bungalows mostly in the range of 100- 200square yards, some even bigger than 2200 square yards. It has also thus developed an image as a posh locality, mostly residential.
Punjabi Bagh has seen rapid commercial growth since the mid-90s with the opening of innumerable banks, Salons, restaurants such as Domino's, KFC, Nirula's, Breads n More, McDonald's, Wok in the Clouds, Thai Wok, Bikanerwala, Cafe Pasha, etc. Other establishments include health clubs, ice cream shops, retail stores like Reliance Fresh, sportswear showrooms like Adidas, Nike, Reebok etc. Salon like Shine & Glow Beauty Saloon[East Punjabi Bagh. The Hindu Shri Krishan Janmashathmi Mahotsav Punjabi Bagh is celebrated at Punjabi Bagh Stadium (known as Traffic Training Park).