Notable Residents
Nizamuddin has been home to many interesting people. Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit, Election Commissioner, Navin Chawla, Artists Anjolie Ela Menon, and Vasudeo S. Gaitonde, Jatin Das and his daughter, actor Nandita Das, B. C. Sanyal, his architect son in law K. T. Ravindran, and fellow member of School of Planning and Architecture Ram Sharma, artist couple Paramjit Singh and Arpita Singh, the writer Dom Moraes and his wife, actor Leela Naidu 'Rajya Sabha' Member of Parliament, M. S. Gill, Anwar Ahmad Khan Appellate tribunal for electricity, Hotelier, Francis Wacziarg and his partner Aman Nath of the Neemrana Hotels chain, Museologist Ratna Fabri, Stephane Landier have all lived in Nizamuddin East. The Benegals, Som Benegal writer theatre critic and journalist and his son, filmmaker Dev Benegal nephew of Shyam Benegal and legendary documentary film maker S Sukhdev were also residents.
The neighborhood is also popular, along with nearby Defence Colony, among journalists including for example the BBC journalist Mark Tully and his girlfriend, Indian Express editor Ajit Bhattacharjea and correspondents for the New York Times and Le Figaro.
The wider area included Singers Aminuddin Dagar, Artist Tyeb Mehta in Nizamuddin West, M F Husain in Jangpura, Richard Bartholomew in Bhogal.
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