Connaught Place (now officially called the Rajiv Chowk) is the central business district of New Delhi, India. It is instantly recognisable on any map of Delhi, being the big circle in the middle with radial roads spreading out in all directions, like spokes on a wheel.

Although Connaught Place, (C.P. to Delhi wallas) looks to be a well planned and logical area, specific shops are frustratingly hard to find due to the various one way streets and abundance of traffic. The centre circle (there are three) and Palika Bazaar are undergoing a lot of construction due to the introduction of the New Delhi Metro system.

However, there is a lot of activity in Connaught Place. You can find good restaurants, cinemas, and bookshops here, and if you are on business in Delhi, you will not be able to avoid it.

Connaught Place is partially closed for business on Sundays.

But in the festival times it opens on Sundays also. This is time to visit/see Connaught Place (also called Cannought Circus) in the evening, it looks simply fabulous. Do visit this place in the Festival times, specially in the evening.

Cannought Place's Victorian architecture is modeled after the Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath,England.