The station, near the Khan Market, was opened with the first section of the Violet Line on 3 October 2010, in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the same day.

Its preceding station is central Secretariat.

[1] It is near the Delhi Zoo and Purana Quila only by 0.8 km.

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