Karan Nagar | |
Former Name: | Deewan Bagh |
Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
Coordinates: | 34.0792°N 74.7997°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Union territory |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Subdivision Name2: | Srinagar |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | Ancient |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 1592 |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[1] [2] |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 190010 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Native Type: | Karan Nagar |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Distance from Delhi |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | 857km (533miles) |
Blank4 Name Sec1: | Distance from Mumbai |
Blank4 Info Sec1: | 2182.4km (1,356.1miles) |
Karan Nagar is the notified area and the town in the city of Srinagar in the Indian administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A portion of Karan Nagar in the name of Deewan Bagh was the first declared civil colony in 1942 by the former princely state government of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a posh locality of Srinagar city. The famous SMHS hospital and Government Medical College is located here. It is located about from the commercial center of Kashmir, Lal Chowk.
Karan Nagar is named after Karan Singh, prince regent of Jammu and Kashmir. Karan Nagar was the land owned by Karan's father Hari Singh, the last Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.
The property of Karan Nagar was sold by Karan Singh's Dharmarth Trust to the state government.The town had the decent population of Kashmiri Pandits before their exile in last decade of twentieth century.
Kashmiri is the local language in the area, people also use English and Urdu as the official languages of the area.
The area is located at towards north from district headquarters of Srinagar. The area is bounded by Aali Kadal towards South, Batmaloo towards West, Safa Kadal towards North and Nawabazar towards East. The area is situated at an elevation of above mean sea level.[3]
All Saints Church, also known as All Hallows Church, is a historical Protestant church located in Karan Nagar. It is part of the Church of North India. The church is dedicated to All Saints.