Taken from History of Vasant Vihar by – By Lalita Phadkar on https://vasantvihardiary.com

Vasant Vihar has been inhabited in some way right from the times of the Lodhi dynasty (15th century) and possibly earlier. In the time of Sikandar Shah Lodi, this whole area belonged to Mubarak Khan Nohani, a powerful noble. 

At the time, since the area had many water bodies cutting across rocky terrain, the place served as a hunting ground for nobility.

The Tughlaq dynasty also looked to our area for repose amid greenery. This is proved by the fact that the District Park adjacent to the Basant Lok complex, is actually a 4-stepped Tughlak garden built around two Lodhi tombs and a Lodhi mosque called Bara Lao ka Gumbad.

Over the centuries, villages came up such as Kasumpur (today’s Kusumpur Pahari), and the village of Basantpur. Basant was a eunuch in the late Mughal court and this area formed part of his holdings.The village itself was vacated and the land acquired by the Government in the 20th century. It is tempting to think that our colony of Vasant Vihar got its name from the late Mughal Basantpur.

For more on the modern history of Vasant Vihar watch the video below.