Editing Nehru Place (section)

== Background ==
This is part of 11 district centres developed by the [[Delhi Development Authority]] in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skywalk, kiosks to give Delhi's Nehru Place Market a new look |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2022/jul/25/skywalk-kiosks-to-give-delhis-nehru-placemarketa-new-look-2480401.html |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=The New Indian Express|date=25 July 2022 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2022-01-21 |title=Nehru 'Palace' in Delhi: Complex to don a new look as it turns 50 this year |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/nehru-palace-complex-to-don-a-new-look-as-it-turns-50-this-year/articleshow/89026432.cms |access-date=2023-12-02 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> It was developed during the Congress govt when [[Jagmohan]] was heading the DDA.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-12-08 |title=DELHI'S DILEMMA |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30255516.ece |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=Frontline |language=en}}</ref>  As per the reports, it was completed in 1972 and it started with 89 buildings. <ref name=":0" />

In the place where Nehru Place is currently situated, there were slums. Jagmohan was the key person who was responsible for the beautification of Delhi.<ref>''Soul and structure of governance in India''. New Delhi, India: Allied Publishers. 2005. p. 516. {{ISBN|81-7764-831-4}} {{OCLC|61731896}}</ref><ref>Jagmohan (1984). ''The Challenge of Our Cities''. {{ISBN|978-0-7069-2569-2}}</ref>