around Kashmere Gate, it included a sizable Bengali community, and the community Durga Puja organized by Delhi Durga Puja Samiti that they started in 1910 is the oldest one in Delhi today. The present building of Delhi State Election Commission’s Office on Lothian Road near Kashmiri Gate was built from 1890 to 1891. The two-story building housed St. Stephen's College, Delhi from 1891 until 1941, when it moved to its present campus. It had been listed as a notorious market between 2016 and 2017 by the USTR for selling counterfeit auto parts. St. James' Church St. James Church also known as Skinner's Church, was commissioned by Colonel James Skinner (1778–1841), a distinguished Anglo-Indian military officer, famous for the cavalry regiment Skinner’s Horse. It was designed by Major Robert Smith and built between 1826-36. ISBT The Maharana Pratap Inter-state Bus Terminus or ISBT is the oldest and one of the biggest Inter State Bus Terminals in India, operating bus services between Delhi and 7 states, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand states. It opened in 1976. Also nearby is Majnu Ka Tilla, known for its Tibetan refugee settlement and also the Majnu ka Tila Gurudwara built by Baghel Singh in 1783, to mark the tilla or mound where a Sufi nicknamed Majnu met Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak. here in July 1505. Railway station The Old Delhi Railway Station of Delhi, i.e. the Delhi Junction Railway station, built like a fort, stands here, with two opposite sides namely Kashmere Gate & Chandni Chowk. The two localities are linked by an elevated pedestrian bridge called Kodiya Pul. Metro Station The Kashmere Gate station of the Delhi Metro, lies on the only trijunction of Delhi Metro Red (Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) - Rithala), Yellow Lines (Jahangir Puri - HUDA City Center) and Violet Line (Kashmere Gate - Ballabhgarh). It is a transfer station between the Red Line on the highest upper level , the Yellow Line and Violet Line on the lowest level. Kashmere Gate also serves as the Headquarters for the Delhi Metro. GPO The place also has the General Post Office of Indian Postal Service, which is one of the oldest in the country. Indraprastha University Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (formerly known as Indraprastha University), a state university of New Delhi, was also located at Kashmere Gate. It was housed in the building which