At the north-east end it stretches from the India Gate roundabout.
At the south-west end it stretches up to the Teen Murti roundabout.
It is also the road on which India's political party, Indian National Congress, has its head office.
along with its adjoining roads, form the exclusive V.V.I.P zone where India's topmost powerful politicians live, which includes cabinet ministers and senior MPs.
[5] In 2016 General Vijay Kumar Singh demanded that Akbar Road be renamed as Maharana Pratap Singh Road, claiming that the Mughal Emperor of Persian Chagatai Turco-Mongolic descent was an "invader".