Neighborhood of Delhi in South East Delhi, India
Defence Colony
Defence Colony is a neighbourhood in the South East Delhi district of Delhi, India.
It was built in the 1960s for veterans of the Indian Armed Forces. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the South East Delhi district of Delhi.
How locals move
Getting around Defence Colony the local way
Share-taxi routes mapped nearby
- GS-78 GS-78: Govindpuri Metro -> Hamdard Nagar
- GS-106 GS-106: JNU -> Chhattarpur Metro
- GS-106 GS-106: Chhattarpur Metro -> JNU
- GS-78 GS-78: Hamdard Nagar -> Govindpuri Metro
- GS-73 GS-73: Okhla Industrial Area -> Tughlakabad Railway Colony
- GS-73 GS-73: Tughlakabad Railway Colony -> Okhla Industrial Area
- GS-74 GS-74: Badarpur Border -> Sangam Vihar
- GS-74 GS-74: Sangam Vihar -> Badarpur Border
- GS-80 GS-80: DDA Flats Kalkaji -> Nehru Place
- GS-80 GS-80: Nehru Place → DDA Flats Kalkaji
- Share e-rickshaw: Mangalam → Laxmi Nagar
- Share e-rickshaw: Laxmi Nagar → Mangalam
OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Get inIf driving by car or in a taxi/auto-rickshaw, Mandi Road is the main road of South Delhi and is close to most major attractions.
From Wikivoyage: Delhi/South, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Atulburnwal (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.