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The Urdu Bazar (Template:Lang-ur, Template:Lang-hi, literally military camp market) was a major market in the walled city of Delhi, India that connected the canal in the middle of Chandni Chowk to Jama Masjid. The original market was destroyed in the aftermath of Indian Rebellion of 1857, but its name survives as a location near the Jama Masjid.

The Urdu language obtained its name from this market.

Ghalib lamented on the destruction of Delhi in the aftermath of the failure of the 1857 rebellion:

"My dear man, when Urdu Bazar is no more, where is Urdu? By God, Delhi is no more a city, but a camp, a cantonment. No Fort, no city, no bazaars, ..."^[1]

Today, the main book publishing, printing and selling markets of the Pakistani cities of Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi etc. are also known as Urdu Bazaar.

References

^ Ghalib, 1797-1869 By Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib, Asad-Allāh Ḫān Mīrzā Ġālib, Ralph Russell, Khurshidul Islam Published by Allen & Unwin, 1969

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[1] Ghalib, 1797-1869 By Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib, Asad-Allāh Ḫān Mīrzā Ġālib, Ralph Russell, Khurshidul Islam Published by Allen & Unwin, 1969

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	The '''Urdu Bazar''' ({{lang-ur\|اُردو بازار}}, {{lang-hi\|उर्दू बाज़ार}}, literally ''military camp market'') was a major market in the [[old Delhi\|walled city]] of [[Delhi]], [[India]] that connected the canal in the middle of [[Chandni Chowk]] to [[Jama Masjid]]. The original market was destroyed in the aftermath of [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], but its name survives as a location near the Jama Masjid.		The '''Urdu Bazar''' ({{lang-ur\|اُردو بازار}}, {{lang-hi\|उर्दू बाज़ार}}, literally ''military camp market'') was a major market in the [[old Delhi\|walled city]] of [[Delhi]], [[India]] that connected the canal in the middle of [[Chandni Chowk]] to [[Jama Masjid]]. The original market was destroyed in the aftermath of [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], but its name survives as a location near the Jama Masjid.