Derawal Nagar is a colony in Delhi, India in which people of the Derawal ethnic group reside. Originally native to the Derajat region (the cities of Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan. These individuals, who are mostly Hindu, established the colony after the partition of India in 1947. There are a number of Derewalis living in , Ashok Vihar, Mukherjee Nagar and Gurgaon It is just a small colony comprising two blocks A and B. It has a famous gurudwara of Shah Ji in A block. The language spoken by the original inhabitants of this area is Derawali, which is a dialect of Punjabi. Many of these Derawalis in Delhi have opened their dry fruit shops in Chandni Chowk. But there are Derawalis who have accomplished businessmen in areas of Surat, with the surname Bhatia. Bhatia Chemicals