Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Road (Bengali: বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব সড়ক, Hindi: बंगबंधु शेख मुजीब मार्ग, Urdu: بنگ بندھو شیخ مجیب مارگ) is a street situated in Lutyens' Delhi at the centre of New Delhi, capital of India. The road was formerly named Park Street. The name was changed by New Delhi Municipal Council as a "friendly gesture" towards Bangladesh.[1] The road is named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Founding Father of Bangladesh.[2] The newly renamed road was opened by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 April 2017.[3]
The road starts from traffic roundabout that connects Shankar Road and Mandir Marg, from that point the road goes towards Mother Teresa Crescent. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital is located next to it.[4] The road is located 2.25 km from Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Sushma Swaraj, then External Affairs Minister of India, chose the position of the road.[5]
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edit- ^ "Delhi's Park Street renamed after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman". The Economic Times. 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Delhi's Park Street renamed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Road". Dhaka Tribune. 9 April 2017.
- ^ Sangbad Sangstha, Bangladesh (8 April 2017). "Road in New Delhi named after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "New Delhi's Park Street named after Bangabandhu". The Daily Star. 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Hasina thanks New Delhi for naming road after Bangabandhu". The Statesman. 8 April 2017.