Roshanara Bagh

Roshanara Gardens
Roshanara Gardens
	A view of Roshanara Garden
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Type	Mughal garden
Location	Delhi, India
Coordinates	28°40′23″N 77°11′52″E / 28.67306°N 77.19778°ECoordinates: 28°40′23″N 77°11′52″E / 28.67306°N 77.19778°E
Area	57.29 acres (23.18 ha)
Opened	1650s
Founder	Roshanara Begum
Owned by	North Delhi Municipal Corporation
Operated by	North Delhi Municipal Corporation

Front and left side view of tomb of Roshanara Begum

Grave of Roshanara inside the Baradari

Roshanara Garden is a Mughal-era garden built by Roshanara Begum, the second daughter of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. It is situated in Shakti Nagar near Kamla Nagar Clock Tower and North Campus of University of Delhi. It is one of the biggest gardens in Delhi having a great variety of plants, some imported from Japan.^{[citation needed]} The lake inside the gardens is visited by migratory birds during winters and is a popular site for bird watching.^{[citation needed]}

The garden has a raised canal with flowering plants on both sides. Today the garden holds a white marble pavilion built in memory of the princess Roshanara, who died in 1671 and was buried there. The elite Roshanara Club, which was started here in 1922 by the British, is spread over 22 acres.^[1] Since 1927 first class cricket is played at the Roshanara Club Ground,^[2] which now boasts floodlights. The club is considered the birthplace of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Post Independence cricket administrators gathered in front of an old fireplace and sowed the seeds of the Indian cricket body.^[1]

The Punjabi gate is some 200 m east of the tomb.

History[]

The garden and the tomb within were constructed by Roshanara Begum beginning in 1650. Her tomb is the only structure that remains of the garden's original appearance.^[3]