Moti Bagh, a residential locality in South Delhi, was developed in 1950s to house Government employees.

Moti Bagh is the official residence to senior civil servants, members and Chairman of the Railway Board, other employees serving in the Government of India and several officers of the Indian Armed Forces, Particularly the Indian Navy and Army, primarily officers of the rank Lt Colonels/Commanders and Colonels/Captain.

Maulavi Zafar Hasan's Monuments of Delhi published in 1919, describes Moti Bagh as: "The Bagh is an extensive enclosure surrounded by a masonry wall with a bastion at each of the four corners and a big gateway towards east.

After India's independence, the land acquisition process to build accommodations for the employees of the Central Government began.

The people who were well off left the area to buy kothis elsewhere," said Ashok Tanwer, resident of Fatehpur Beri.

Ironically, what remains of Arakpur Bagh Mochi is an unauthorised cluster awaiting regularisation.