History
The octagonal market was designed by Edwin Lutyens himself as it was integral to his plan. It was built in 1921, a full decade ago the Connaught Place shopping area came up near by, and catered to daily needs of the thousands of government employees living nearby residential colonies built for them, in the 1924. These employees worked at the near by Secretariat Building, as most government offices here from Old Delhi, a decade before the new capital was inaugurated in 1931. Many of employees were brought into the new Capital from distant parts of the India, including the Bengal Presidency and Madras Presidency. Even today the area had a strong Bengali community. It is one of Delhi's oldest surviving colonial markets, as most of the shops in the Gole Market were built in 1920s and are now heritage structures, the market was restored after 2009, by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).
After the partition of India, noted painter B. C. Sanyal and his wife Snelata, a ghazal singer and theatre person, moved to Delhi, they set up base in the 26, Gole Market. This "refugee studio" soon became a hub for artists and students in Delhi, and later gallery 26. Soon it gave rise to the Delhi Shilpi Chakra, which he founded along with a number of artist-friends, had an important influence on the contemporary art in the North India.
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