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"The original 13 gates around the city of Lahore were built by the third Mughal emperor Akbar in the mid 1600s. These thirteen gates provided access to the city of Lahore which was once enclosed within a thirty feet high fortified wall, built by the same Mughal emperor". [1] Delhi Gate also served as Union Council 27 (UC 27) in Tehsil Ravi of ...
Taxali Gate. ٹيکسلی دروازه. The gate no longer exists. 31°35′09″N 74°18′28″E / 31.58595°N 74.30779°E / 31.58595; 74.30779. Location. Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Type. City gate. Taxali Gate (Urdu: ٹکسالی دروازه, Taxali Darwaza) was one of several historic gates of the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan.
The Walled City of Lahore (Punjabi: اندرونِ شہر لہور; Urdu: اندرونِ شہر لاہور, "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 ...
Location. Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Type. City gate. Completion date. 1650. The Chitta Gate (Urdu: چٹّا دروازه; "White Gate") is a gateway located in the Walled City of Lahore, Pakistan, dating from 1650. [ 1 ] The gate was once the Lahore 's original "Delhi Gate," [ 2 ] and the city's main entry-point. [ 2 ]
History of Lahore. The recorded history of Lahore (Punjabi: لہور دی تریخ (Shahmukhi), ਲਹੌਰ ਦਾ ਇਤਹਾਸ (Gurmukhi); romanized: Làhaur dī tàrīk͟h) refers to the past history of the city of Lahore, the post-medieval cultural and political hub of the Punjab region. Today, the city is the capital of the Pakistani ...
31°35′16″N74°18′43″E31.58769°N 74.31197°E. Location. Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Type. City gate. Roshnai Gate ( Urdu: روشنائی دروازہ, lit. 'Gate of Lights') is one of the thirteen gates within the Walled City of Lahore in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was the main entry into Lahore for emperors and nobles during the ...
The city is built in the shape of a parallelogram and the area within the walls is about 461 acres (1.87 km 2). It is slightly elevated hence protecting it from destruction and any outside invasion. Mughal emperor Akbar during his stay in Lahore built a brick wall around the city to protect it.
Bhati Gate. Bhati Gate (Urdu: بھاٹی دروازه, Bhati Darwaza) is one of the historic thirteen gates of the Walled City of Lahore in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Bhati Gate also serves as a union council located in the Ravi Zone. [1] The gate is located near Data Darbar and is similar in design to Kashmiri Gate.