 The Grand Trunk Road passed through Chowk in its early days.The area once had, residence of Pt Motilal Nehru and his son, Jawaharlal Nehru,the first Prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru was born in an area called Mir Ganj, which is now, unfortunately, notorious Red light district of Allahabad.The other dignities who belong to this area are