History
The name Lalkurti (red shirt) is thought to have been derived from the red-coloured dress worn by the troops of the Royal British Indian Army who worked in the shooting ranges of the cantonment. The red-coloured dress made the workers of the shooting ranges more easily visible to the shooters and avoided any accidents. Lalkurti is considered to have originated as the colony of those red-shirted workers of the British Indian Army. The shooting ranges were situated to the south of British Military Hospital (now called Combined Military Hospital), in the present day Harley Street area.
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