What is Dhaula Kuan in reality, is it just a road or something else?
Dhaula Kuan is a busy area of Delhi. If you go to noida or Gurugram from Uttam nagar via Ring Road, then you have to go through Dhaula Kuan. This area is crowded and jammed in the morning and evening. Thousands of people pass through here every day, but have you ever thought while passing through here that why is this intersection called Dhaula Kuan? Is there really a well here? What is its reality? Let's know
Before the delhi Metro started, this intersection was called Dhaula Kuan, when the Metro came, this station was also named the same. This is one of the highest stations of delhi Metro, whose height is about 23.6 meters. You get the metro from this station to go to delhi Airport.
Is there really a well here?
The Dhaula Kuan area is named after a well, but there are probably only a few people who would have seen this well. Many people may not even know about it. Actually, there is a DDA park near Dhaula Kuan metro station and petrol pump. If you enter this park, you will see a well. Currently it has been covered with iron net. The irrigation department has also installed a pump here. The history of this entire area is linked to this well and the road, intersection and metro station are also named after it.
What is its history?
Now let's come to the history of Dhaula Kuan. It is said that Mughal emperor Shah Alam II built this well. The specialty of this well is that water comes naturally in it. The reason behind its name Dhaula Kuan is that this well was built with white stones, due to which the color of the water of the well also looks white. Another history of the well is that during the revolution of 1857, many revolutionaries came near this well and took an oath to liberate the country.
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