⭐ Cariappa Marg ⭐ Named after Field Marshall K. M. Cariappa, the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army roadsofdelhi.com/portfolio/cari…

Cariappa is one of only two Indian Army officers to hold the five-star rank of field marshal; the other is Manekshaw x.com/RoadsOfDelhi/s…

⭐ CV Raman Marg ⭐ Named after physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, who is known for discovering the Raman Effect, and winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his work in the field of light scattering roadsofdelhi.com/portfolio/cv-r…

Raman was the first Indian director of the Indian Institute of Science IISc Bangalore, and was awarded India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1954. Read more about him here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._V._Ram…

To mark the discovery of the Raman Effect, National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28, the day when the discovery was made in 1928.

And while on the subject of CV Raman, let’s not forget his bias against women scientists x.com/FeminismInIndi…

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Did you know there is a road in Delhi named after CV Raman? instagram.com/p/BdjrmvbFNJJ/ x.com/RoadsOfDelhi/s…

⭐ Tees January Marg ⭐ Named to commemorate the date of Gandhi’s assassination, which happened on January 30, 1948 at Birla House situated on this road roadsofdelhi.com/portfolio/tees…

Birla House was built, as a home, by businessman Ghanshyam Das Birla, who also founded BITS Pilani in his hometown, Pilani. After the Indian government purchased the house, it was renamed Gandhi Smriti in 1973 and made open to the public.

Tees January Marg was formerly called Albuquerque Road after Afonso de Albuquerque, the Portuguese governor of India between 1509–1515, who led the Portuguese conquest of Goa. Read about him here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_de…

Do you know what else is named after Afonso de Albuquerque? The alphonso mango 😋

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What connects Gandhi, Goa and the Alphonso mango? A road in Lutyens’ Delhi, of course! x.com/RoadsOfDelhi/s…

⭐ Kwame Nkrumah Marg ⭐ Named after the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, who led his country to independence from Britain in 1957 roadsofdelhi.com/portfolio/kwam…

Along with Josip Broz Tito, Sukarno, Gamal Abdul Nasser and Jawaharlal Nehru, Nkrumah was one of the five founding fathers of the Non-Aligned Movement. Read about the movement here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Align…

In 1958, Nkrumah visited Delhi. Here he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the Chancellor of the Delhi University, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan [Photo from photodivision.gov.in]

At the time of Nkrumah’s visit, the mayor of Delhi was Aruna Asaf Ali, who also has a road named after her in the city. x.com/RoadsOfDelhi/s…

In 1966, Nkrumah’s government was overthrown in a coup d'état led by the national military and police, and he lived the rest of his life in exile in Guinea.

⭐ Bharat Scouts and Guides Marg ⭐ Named after India’s national Scouting and Guiding association, The Bharat Scouts and Guides, which was founded on November 7, 1950 roadsofdelhi.com/portfolio/bhar…