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' Inner City of Lahore '), also known as the Old City, forms the historic core of the city of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. The city was established around 1000 CE in the western half of the Walled City, [ 1 ] which was fortified by a mud wall during the medieval era .
The Walled City of Lahore Authority [a] is a semi-governmental organisation established and funded by the Government of Punjab for the conservation, planning and development, regulation and management of the Walled City of Lahore, the historic fortified interior of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. [1] [2]
The British carried out a census of Lahore in 1901, and counted 20,691 houses in the Walled City. [109] An estimated 200,000 people lived in Lahore at this time. [99] Lahore's posh Model Town was established as a "garden town" suburb in 1921, while Krishan Nagar locality was laid in the 1930s near The Mall and Walled City.
Walled City Lahore: Badshahi Mosque (King’s Mosque) More images. PB-45 Buddhu ... Punjab Assembly, Mall Road Lahore: Islamic Summit Minar More images.
Unfortunately, during the anarchic rule of the 18th century, all the city gates, except Lohari Gate along with two other gates were walled up. Lohari gate was rebuilt in 1864 by Sir Robert Montgomery, the then Governor of Punjab. [4] The Walled City Lahore Authority has completed the renovation of Lohari Gate recently. [3]
The fort is located in the northern part of Lahore's old walled city. The fort's Alamgiri gate is part of an ensemble of buildings, which along with the Badshahi Mosque, Roshnai Gate, and Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, form a quadrangle around the Hazuri Bagh. The Minar-e-Pakistan and Iqbal Park are adjacent to the northern boundary of the fort.
[1] [2] It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of Aurangzeb, opposite of the Lahore Fort on the northern outskirts of the historic Walled City. It is widely considered to be one of the most iconic landmarks of the Punjab. [3] The Badshahi Mosque was built between 1671 and 1673 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
The Fakir family settled in Lahore around 1730, and established a publishing house. [2] Their status in Lahore society derived from its connections to the Sikh Empire - three of the family's ancestors, Fakir Nooruddin, Fakir Azizuddin, and Fakir Imamuddin, served as emissaries to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. [2]