How Hauz Khas Evolved

In the old times Hauz Khas was just known for its scenic beauty. Tourists, travellers, loacalites came hauz khas for refreshing air and to get a beautiful scene of lake. It was part of Siri, the second of New Delhi’s seven cities created by the Alauddin Khilji in the thirteenth century. It was home to a reservoir, a madrassa — an Islamic centre of learning — a mosque and the tomb of Firoz Shah Tughlaq.

 

Bina Ramani

First step towards the evolution or change of hauz khas village was taken by Bina Ramani. She is a designer who in the 90s opened her fahion boutique in the tiny lanes of haus khas village. Slowly and gradually many designers set up their fashion houses and stores in hkv which now has lead to hauz khas village known as a " Fashion Hub".

Night View Of HKV

Then the Village transformed itself again. In the last few years  Hauz Khas Village has become a noisy, crowded, much less distinctive enclave that is on the bucket list of Delhiites and tourists alike. In short, to draw another parallel with New York, if Delhi had bridges and tunnels, this would mark the arrival of the bridge-and-tunnel crowd.