Khan Market, Shopping complex in South Delhi, India.
Khan Market is a shopping complex in South Delhi containing 154 shops arranged in a U-shaped layout. The structure spans two levels with retail spaces on the ground floor and upper floors.
Established in 1951 by the Rehabilitation Ministry of the newly constituted Republic of India, Khan Market gave economic opportunities to refugees of the Partition of India, especially those from the North West Frontier Province. It is named after Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan, Chief Minister of NWFP from 1945 to 1947, who helped many refugees escape without harm. The U-shaped complex originally had 154 shops and 74 first-floor flats for shopkeepers.
The market is named after Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan, known as Dr. Khan Sahib, Chief Minister of the North West Frontier Province from 1945 to 1947, who helped refugees escape harm. He was the elder brother of Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, the "Frontier Gandhi". Many first-floor flats stayed homes until the 1980s, when families sold them and shops took over.
The Khan Market metro station connects directly to the complex through several exits, making arrival straightforward from anywhere in Delhi. The multiple entry points help distribute foot traffic throughout the shopping area.
The first-floor flats above the shops were homes until the 1980s; rising property values and growing families pushed most residents out, and the two-room units were converted into retail space. By the 2010s only a few families still lived there. A 2011 Cushman & Wakefield survey ranked the market the world's 21st most expensive shopping street, and in 2019 it placed 20th.
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