Martin Purwa, also known as Martinpurwa or Martinpura is a neighbourhood of the city of Lucknow in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is part of the Vikramaditya ward. Martin Purwa has a population of around 4,000. It is part of the La Martiniere College estate. Its previous name was 'Luckperra'.
It is named after Claude Martin, the eighteenth-century French adventurer and philanthropist, who served both the East India Company and the Nawab Asaf-Ud-Dowlah of Oudh.
The village was originally inhabited by the staff of Claude Martin and it provided labour and other services to the La Martiniere School. The hereditary daroga of the La Martiniere estate still has a house in the village.
Martin Purwa has benefited from its close proximity to the Lucknow Golf Club and has produced so many good golfers that it is known locally as the 'nursery of golf'. The inhabitants of the village don't recall precisely when their association with the game began. According to village folklore a gora sahib was walking through the village one day with his retinue, and was puzzled to see some boys playing a game with curved sticks and wooden balls which they hit towards holes.