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Tiasa Bhowal

Opened in 1999 in South Delhi, Ansal Plaza was not just another commercial complex; it was the city’s first true mall, arriving years before destinations like DLF Promenade and Select Citywalk reshaped urban consumption.

Ansal Plaza Delhi: Inside the rise and fall of South Delhi’s first mall now turned ghost town

by Tiasa Bhowal |Feb 23, 2026

For many Boomers and early Millennials, the mall evokes nostalgia akin to a first love. It housed the city’s first Shoppers Stop outlet, while global fast-food giant McDonald's became less about burge...